[MERGE] bzr rm should delete the working file (Bug #82602)

Thomas Ackermann tja at tja-server.de
Thu Apr 12 17:56:10 BST 2007


John Arbash Meinel schrieb:
> I know there have been mention of people who are already using 'bzr 
> rm' and expecting it to leave the file alone (James Troup mentioned 
> this for versioning files in /etc). So we need to make sure to convey 
> this change well. (We aren't destroying the data, you can 'bzr revert' 
> or 'bzr rm --keep', but people need to know about it).



Just jumped in and felt the need to comment:

"bzr rm" should never actually remove a file!

It is a command to "bzr", not to the filesystem!

If such a feature is needed, use a different and new command - for example:

"bzr delete" or "bzr destroy"



Just my 2 cent, sorry to diisturb :)




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