[PATCH RFC] clone: copy hgrc paths if source and dest are local

[Jason Harris]

On Jun 14, 2010, at 5:59 PM, Steve Borho wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Steve Losh <steve at stevelosh.com> wrote:
>> 
>> On Jun 14, 2010, at 11:49 AM, Jason Harris wrote:
>> 
>> ...
>> 
>> As a mac user, I can say there is only one real stylish way and that's: Drag
>> and drop all the way... :) :)
>> 
>> http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/userexperience/conceptual/applehiguidelines/XHIGInstallationsUpdates/XHIGInstallationsUpdates.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40002722-CJACABIA
>> 
>> 
>> Don't forget the handy "offer to move myself to /Applications when Steve
>> accidentally runs me from his ~/Downloads folder"
>> behavior: http://github.com/potionfactory/LetsMove

Interesting. This isn't standard apple HIG (that I am aware of...) Do you think it adds to the experience? I think if a user wants to run the application from the downloads folder, let them. Thats what I do a lot of the time and then if after playing with it I determine that I actually like the application then I move it to some relevant folder on my disk. If I had to do this move for each of the software products I played with it would be a bit of a pain...

As Apple says "You should ensure that installing your software is a quick and painless experience." putting up this dialog of "move to the system" isn't exactly painful of course but... Hmm I don't know if it adds that much. I don't have strong opinions on this though...

Cheers,
  Jas

> I hope that when the time arrives to build a Mac installer, a Mac geek
> will step up and volunteer to "Do it right".
> 
> -- 
> Steve Borho