On or about 2009 Jan 22, at 6:56 PM, Steve Borho indited:
> It's funny, I just added 'branch support' to my TODO list. We need to
> figure out a way of allowing the user to specify a new branch name
> at commit time, and also allow the user to set the new --close-branch
> flag that will be in 1.2. Nothing obvious springs up at me.
This is particularly interesting to me because my group at work uses
named branches regularly (not frequently, but regularly). And so
they've had to use the command line to set the branch name before
right-clicking into the commit dialog.
Hence, it is possible that there is a pending branch name already set
when the commit dialog is started.
Since "all the existing branch names" are known (just as all tag names
are known), it would be handy to see them. Of course reusing a branch
name for a disjoint branch is frowned upon, and I suggest being able
to browse the existing branch names so that one can easily see what
one should avoid picking.
As to the --close-branch, that seems to be a simple checkbox?
As to naming the branch of a commit-to-be, a text entry box such as is
used to enter new tag names would seem appropriate, as would some kind
of feedback indicating that the commit would create a new branch.
As soon as I can get my hands on the latest experimental auto build
I'll look at the commit dialog and see if I can generate some more
concrete suggestions.
Thanks!
--Doug
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