Hi guys,
I've been using THG 0.8.x on my main development machine for
a while (no complaints, so didn't bother upgrading. I know, I know), and I
recently got a new machine to test drive a new development setup - I
installed THG 1.x on that, which went smoothly. However, the new commit UI
struck me as a step backwards: usually, I like how the old UI gives you a
hunk selection interface, that way I can make a bunch of changes, then
commit them in N commits where each commit is a LOGICAL unit, encompassing a
single change to the codebase. This helps us mix and match builds for any
client's needs, which works WONDERFULLY with Hg. The new commit UI, however,
has three tabbed views in the lower right, and it defaults to text diff
(which is not very useful IMO, but I think that' mainly due to the way *I*
use THG). But looking across all three views, they seem to be extremely
redundant (again, this might be a misinformed decision, bear with my
argument though). First of all, "Text Diff" and "Commit Preview" come up
with EXACTLY the same output - can someone point out a case where the output
would be different? Second, the difference between "Text Diff" and "Hunk
Selection" is that Hunk Selection removes the files changed part (---
a/foo.c ), and replaces it with a summary - which is legit, but I think the
Text Diff view (if that's it's only difference from Hunk Selection) is just
a bit of bloat: the changed files are already displayed in the lower left,
so why display them again? What was the rationale for moving to this new UI?
I looked up the repo but couldn't find anything significant in status.py's
history - if I happened to miss it, please point me to it.
While I'm all for adding features, I believe that this
change does more harm than good, in terms of UI bloat. It's tricky, and I
know you might hate me for this next sentence, but I believe UIs should be
dealt with in a more mac-like approach and less common-FOSS-program approach
(Disclaimer: I don't own Macs, never used them for development, but the
screenshots for their Hg UIs look pretty). I hate the fact that an extra
click has been added to EVERY single commit I make, for no reasonable return
in utility. Like I said before, I might be wrong, and if I'm missing some
common usage scenarios where the 3 view modes would be helpful I'd love to
hear about them.
- Sherief
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