On 8/26/2011 3:11 PM, Martin Gagnon wrote: > It *could* be a feature, not a bug.. I mean.. if 2 branches have so > similar name.. it might be wanted behavior to have very similar color...
If two branches have almost the same name, it's much more likely that I actually meant them to be the same and typo-ed at some point than if they aren't similar. In that case, obviously distinct colors are more useful to me. If two branches have almost the same name, more mental effort is required to distinguish them based on name. The colors should help with that job, not make it harder. I consider it likely that I will care about when check-ins occurred on 3.7.4, or whether a given check-in was actually on 3.7.2 or 3.7.4. I consider it much less likely that I would be content to know about the check-ins on both 3.7.2 and 3.7.4 without distinguishing between them. I'm not arguing against the auto-coloring. I like it and I think it will be a real help. I do think that making similar names similar colors is an anti-goal or at least a non-goal. -- Joshua Paine LetterBlock: Web Applications Built With Joy http://letterblock.com/ 301-576-1920 _______________________________________________ fossil-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users
