Bazaar Explorer question

[Russel Winder]

On Wed, 2009-06-24 at 18:03 +1000, Ian Clatworthy wrote:
> Russel Winder wrote:
> > Whenever I start "bzr explorer" I always get the "no working tree".  If
> > I start this in a directory which is not a branch or a shared repository
> > then that seems fine.  However if I start "bzr explorer" in a branch or
> > shared repository my expectation is that it would automatically open
> > that branch or repository -- though maybe it cannot deal with
> > repositories?
> 
> FWIW, I usually start with "bzr explorer ." when launching from the
> command line.

Indeed, that works for me.  I guess I just expected "bzr explorer" to
try being "bzr explorer ." if "." had a .bzr directory.

> > Given that all other bzr operations work on the branch that is the
> > current directory, this behaviour of the explorer command does seem
> > slightly out of idiom.
> 
> There is a slight difference in expectation though. If a bzr command is
> run outside of a sensible place, it tends to immediately fall over and
> error out. In contrast, most users expect a GUI application to start-up
> and then let you select the document/project you're working on. That's
> particularly true when launching from the Applications/Start menu or
> from a shortcut in your "quick-launch bar", which is where we want to
> get to.

I don't see a conflict between anything we have said so far I'm afraid.

> So that's why it's the way it is. I'll accept a patch to change it
> though. It would need to behave as follows I think:

Perhaps I can take a look at this next Friday/Saturday. 

>   bzr explorer foo - error dialog if foo isn't a bzr location
>   bzr explorer - open current directory iff it's a bzr location
> 
> Sound right?

That works for me I think.

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Russel.
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