0.18: checking removes files automatically?

[Aaron Bentley]

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Andrew King wrote:
> Ok. So, should I file a feature request on launchpad?

I think it would be more effective to write some code.  Plenty of people
have said they want this, but no one's actually done it.

> Just for further evidence, a question from someone else this morning:
> 
> "In bzr is there anyway to find the log message for a newly added file
> before commiting?
> 
> I've just done a merge, and have noticed a few new files added (to the
> xxxxx dir), and I wanted to make sure those files are supposed to be
> there, but I can't find a log message to confirm this. I'm fairly sure
> someone has legitimately added those files, but I wanted to be 100%
> sure before committing."

I don't really understand what this proves.  The user did a merge, it
added files, and he doesn't know whether they're supposed to be there?
Or you're saying he thinks his colleague may have inadvertently added them?

> IMHO, we are making people do more work by automatically
> adding

Automatically adding how?  By recursing when users type "bzr add"?

> /removing than is saved by actually just typing bzr add, bzr rm.

> ps. I don't want to sound like I am complaining, just want to make a
> great vcs better!

Making a request like this isn't going to make Bazaar better.  It's been
discussed half a dozen times already.  The problem is that no one has
actually done it yet.

Aaron
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