On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Steve Borho <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 10:55 PM, TK Soh <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> >   Having 'unknowns' visible at startup should be a sticky option.  You
>> > risk
>>
>> We want to avoid making sticky option selectively. If we are going to
>> make 'unknown' sticky, then all the other options should be too.
>>
>> > forgetting to add/commit new files without it.  You may also miss
>> > copies/renames.
>>
>> I am not sure if the risk is a valid one. An add/copy/rename/....
>> action is a result of an intention. If the user wants to add, then
>> they will try look for the file in the list, and learn why it's not
>> there.
>
> The most common build breakage you see when working with teams of any size
> is forgetting to check in new files.  "Everything built for me, why doesn't
> it work for you?".  People very easily forget they added a new file when it
> comes time to commit.  I'm almost always surprised when I see unknowns show
> up at commit time.
>
> At the very least, this needs to be an option.

Sure.

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