FEATURE REQ: add gloval option -v and --verbose

[Kevin Smith]

James Blackwell wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 11:12:09AM +1000, Martin Pool wrote:
> 
>>I think that would be reasonable behaviour even without -v.  It should
>>be easy to add to smart_add.  The only complication is that you should
>>only get the message for files explicitly given on the command line; I
>>wouldn't want complaints if i do "bzr add ." and some things are
>>already versioned.
>>
> 
> I could see the point if it were somehow dangerous to add the same file
> twice. Does it matter if the user specifies a file already added? He's
> already telling us clearly that he wants it there. 

Mostly to catch the case where I thought I was adding A, but 
accidentally typed B. I would like to know if what I tried to add is 
already versioned, or doesn't exist. Either of those messages would 
alert me of a possible problem so I could re-check what I had typed. I 
would appreciate that.

Kevin