> Before you reject the idea of one-step rm totally Oh, to be clear, I'm presenting this as a thought exercise.
> Many filesystems and OSes combine file versioning and file management Sure, but: fossil is distinct from the filesystems. DOS, ext<n>, ffs, etc., etc., etc are not versioning/managment filesystems, and there ought to be a principle-of-least-surprise/being-a-good-citizen kept in mind. > In a sense, VCSes are a way to get such features on top of filesystems that > lack these abilities. Well... sure -- but is that what I (or everybody, the majority, <some appropriate entity>) signed up for when I started using fossil ? Is it a Good Thing, or again, as case of overstepping bounds ? Honest question. I'll review your linked paper on hg for more ideas. Cheers, -bch On 3/4/15, Warren Young <w...@etr-usa.com> wrote: > On Mar 4, 2015, at 1:59 PM, bch <brad.har...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> What you're describing here is the crux of the problem, and I think >> can be fairly described as separation of concerns -- the domain of >> the version control is it's controlled files, and if a file is not >> handled by version control, (ie: fossil rm somefile), should fossil be >> reaching outside of its area of responsibility, well-intentioned or >> not ? > > Many filesystems and OSes combine file versioning and file management: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Versioning_file_system > > In a sense, VCSes are a way to get such features on top of filesystems that > lack these abilities. > > Before you reject the idea of one-step rm totally, work your way through the > table documenting Mercurial's approach: > > http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/hg.1.html#remove > > Do you see a problem if Fossil worked that way, too? > _______________________________________________ > fossil-users mailing list > fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org > http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users > _______________________________________________ fossil-users mailing list fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users
