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Re: [Monotone-devel] Directory already exists?
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Nathaniel Smith |
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Re: [Monotone-devel] Directory already exists? |
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Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:58:35 +0000 |
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On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 06:15:11PM +1100, Brian May wrote:
> >>>>> "Timothy" == Timothy Brownawell <address@hidden> writes:
>
> >> if a directory already exists, so what? presume it was already
> >> added by a incomplete update and continue....
>
> Timothy> We currently think of directories as objects, so stomping
> Timothy> on an existing directory is just as bad as stomping on an
> Timothy> existing file.
>
> I consider this a good thing. If I manually created a directory and it
> conflicts with an update, chances are I didn't realize that the
> directory name was already in use. I don't want monotone to assume
> that the purpose of the new directory is compatible with the directory
> in the repository, as this may not be the case.
Well, trashing the workspace is never a good thing, no matter how
noble the intentions :-).
Could we just handle this case by issuing a warning and continuing
anyway? Seriously, it would be like 3 lines of code and definitively
better than what we have now...
-- Nathaniel
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