From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: emacs-w3m? Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:42:40 +0900 Message-ID: <87ljecrcdb.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <3E1D063D-AC8A-4E40-B9F8-6ACA5089C4A7@gmail.com> <873a0p1dqt.fsf@telefonica.net> <87r5o9yr4y.fsf@telefonica.net> <87mxywzx2r.fsf@telefonica.net> <87ocjcejeo.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <83r5o8l3oo.fsf@gnu.org> <873a0nyqjx.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87sk8nx7ba.fsf@telefonica.net> <83y6iedi2e.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1267411379 4338 80.91.229.12 (1 Mar 2010 02:42:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 02:42:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ofv@wanadoo.es, Eli Zaretskii , rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 01 03:42:55 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nlvaw-0002Hr-7A for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:42:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34244 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Nlvav-0001IC-JM for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:42:53 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Nlvaq-0001I7-K0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:42:48 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=35063 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Nlvao-0001Hz-SP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:42:47 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nlvao-0002YK-Jy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:42:46 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp12.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.74]:37068) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nlvam-0002Xx-RU; Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:42:45 -0500 Original-Received: from 61.245.23.96.eo.eaccess.ne.jp ([61.245.23.96] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp12.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1Nlvaj-0005UP-HF; Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:42:41 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 021F2DF91; Mon, 1 Mar 2010 11:42:40 +0900 (JST) System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:45:11 -0500") Original-Lines: 22 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:121485 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: > There'd be very little justification for such a prompt: > - prompts suck for command line tools that can be used in scripts (or > by Emacs packages ;-) > - "bzr add" prints the list of files it actually added, so if it adds > some files you didn't expect, you have a fair chance of noticing it > after the fact. > - the effect of an overzealous "bzr add" can be cancelled without harm > any time until the next "commit". > - it's usually recommended to use " diff" before a " commit" > so as to make sure you don't commit something by mistake, and that > would give one last chance to catch a "bzr add" that added more > than expected. All that said, it seems far better to just do what git does, and require one to type "... add ." instead. Mistakes are still possible (and thus your points remain), but much more difficult in practice. -Miles -- 97% of everything is grunge