[Bug 87548] Re: bzr add and revert on symlink deletes symlink

[Kent Gibson]

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Aaron Bentley wrote:
> Martin Pool wrote:
>> What I suggest is we 1- fix revert so that newly added files are
>> deleted (with a backup
> kept)
>
> That sounds good to me.  It would mean we could finally do clean
> reverts if --no-backup was used.
>
> I'd actually be inclined to store the backups in a container, to
> reduce the amount of cruft that builds up in the tree.

Are you suggesting a general move away from the .~N~ backup convention?

I'd rather the cruft be where I can find it than hidden in a container.
And clean-tree does a great job of cruft removal.

>
>> 3- maybe add a revert --keep-added option.  (not so sure - maybe
>> you should just use remove.)
>
> Is this meant to be the current behavior?  Or does it also include
> automatically-added files?  Symlinks?  I guess I don't really see
> the need for this, given 1.
I do see a use for this - I would alias my revert to revert --keep-added.

The --keep-added should leave all files as is - just unversioned.
What auto added files are there?  Anything other than .bzrignore?
Since that is created and added in response to a bzr ignore command I
wouldn't delete that either - deleting it would be losing some state
info - equivalent to using --no-backup.

Cheers,
Kent.
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