Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Request: include log in undo/redo

[Aaron Bentley]

Johannes Berg wrote:
> > I'd like tla undo/redo to include the log file I am working on.
> >
> > I've started to appreciate writing logs as I write code, but that doesn't
> > work well with undo/redo, requiring manual interaction to set aside the
> > logfile and put the contents back after a quick undo, fix, commit, redo.
>
>
> Hmm. Interesting observation, and not too bad an idea. But I think there
> should just be hooks for undo and redo, and then you could implement
> this locally (because I think having undo/redo touch anything thats
> named ++* is wrong).
>
> OTOH, you could simply use aba undo/redo and extend those to move the
> log out of the way...

I agree.  I think it would also be nice if undo (or "revert" in fai) 
worked on unrecognized files.  I have .orig and .rej unrecognized, so 
here's what happens:
1. I aba merge the wrong thing and get conflicts
2. I revert the star-merge, and tla refuses
3. I use the hard-undo script to do "undo" and delete .orig/.rej files
4. I do rm $(tla make-log)

I'm not sure whether apply-changeset (redo) can produce an unrecognized 
or precious file, but I wouldn't be totally shocked if it could.  And 
I'm already munging the changesets in "fai revert", so I can add files 
at the same time.

Aaron
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Aaron Bentley
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