[RFC] warn people about the permanence of branches

Arne Babenhauserheide arne_bab at web.de
Tue Dec 6 03:21:13 CST 2011


Hi, 

Am Montag, 5. Dezember 2011, 17:22:37 schrieb Matt Mackall:
> Looks like our efforts to alert people exposed to Git to the permanence
> of branches in non-Git systems need help. I propose:
…
> +        ui.warn(_('warning: branches are permanent and global,'
> +                  ' did you want a bookmark?\n'))

I mostly like it, though I would prefer saying it with less judgement. 
Something like the following: 

+        ui.warn(_('warning: branches are permanent and global.'
+                  ' Should you need a short-lived marker, use a bookmark.
\n'))

(“did you want” implies that most people don’t, which is not true for people 
using named feature branches for veriability)

Best wishes, 
Arne
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