[RFC] proposed user doc for nested trees

[Maritza Mendez]

On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Ian Clatworthy <
ian.clatworthy at internode.on.net> wrote:

> I've spent today putting down on paper how *I* would like nested 'items'
> to look from a UI perspective. Not all of this will arrive in the
> initial cut but I wanted to dig deep enough so that we could debate the
> initial design in a broader context.
>

One more comment.  You are not the first to do this but using the word
"branch" to casually mean "root directory of the working tree" or "root
directory of the nested tree" is potentially confusing.  When I am teaching
people to use vcs -- subversion, bzr, perforce and (gasp!) clearcase -- I am
amazed that novice users need to be told over and over the distinction
between a branch and a working tree (or a view or a checkout or...).  The
vcs world is full of things which should be clear from context but are not
because new users hear old users speaking casually.  I am guilty of this
too, of course.  I do not have a good answer.  I just try to write
"directory" when I am talking about the working storage and it seems to help
people understand that working storage is just bits on disk but branches are
magical things with history.  This distinction is even harder to communicate
with dvcs than with client-server setups, so I have to make extra effort.
Anyway maybe this is just my expereince.

-M
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