John Keeping <j...@keeping.me.uk> writes: > On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 06:45:19PM +0530, Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote: >> John Keeping wrote: >> > I don't think this is the correct behaviour. I can think of cases where >> > I would want to output multiple things into the same directory. >> >> format.cleanOutputDirectory = true|false? > > Maybe, but I was thinking of something more like: > > Output directory is not empty, use "--allow-non-empty-dir" if you > really want to proceed. > > Using that configuration variable lets someone shoot themselves in the > foot quite badly if they forget that they have set it and set the output > directory to somewhere containing important data.
Yes. format.refuseToOutputToNonEmpty that defaults to false and gives your error message is a sensible way to go. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
