Extensible initialisation

[Gordon Tyler]

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On 1/13/2010 7:51 PM, Martin Pool wrote:
> I think this is a step forward from making people create the
> repository etc directly, but perhaps could go further towards mapping
> these objects to the user's goals or requirements.
> 
> I don't even know what 'branch in trunk' would be.

I think that was my problem too.

> Doing it based on goals or requirements might be something like this:
> 
>  * do you want to start a totally new project, or work on an existing one
>  if new:
>    * register a project on a hosting site?
>    * make a repository directory for it?
>    * make a trunk branch?
>    * push that?
>    * then continue on to
>  an existing project:
>    * do you want a copy of a remote branch, or to make your own new branch
>    * store history locally (default) or remotely?
>    * keep your branch in sync with a remote branch?
>    * a working tree (default) or not?
> 
> I don't mean to slavishly map that into a wizard or series of
> questions (though you could do worse) but I think it's the kind of
> decisions the user needs to make, and they should feel confident
> they've made the right actions in the program.

This sounds better. It could be structured as a combination of radio
buttons and checkboxes.

> For looms, scmproj, etc I think this is maybe more of something you do
> on top of an existing branch than something you choose when starting a
> project.

Agreed.

Ciao,
Gordon
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