[RFC] bzr whatnow: Inline help on workflows

[David Muir]

Philippe Lhoste wrote:
> On 13/07/2009 19:14, Jerome Leclanche wrote:
>> My proposal is to add a command, either in bzr or bzrtools, that will 
>> query the current environment and provide inline help on the user's 
>> workflow depending on local changes, so on. Look at it like a "What 
>> should I do now?". Example:
>
> A very cool idea that seems very original. A kind of wizard, on the 
> command line...
> Perhaps not obvious to implement, as it might need some kind of expert 
> system to find out at which point of a workflow the user is.
> It would need a formalization of workflows, perhaps with a kind of DSL 
> to describe them, and rules to infer where the user is with regard to 
> workflow states, from various information from the repository.
> If properly done, it could be flexible enough to adapt to in-house 
> rules of each programming shop (while offering "standard" set of 
> rules, of course).
>

This is a brilliant idea. Love it.

David