Why you don't want to allow disabling "branches are global and permanent, did you want a bookmark"?"

Nikolaj Sjujskij sterkrig at myopera.com
Wed Aug 8 02:53:13 CDT 2012


Den 2012-08-08 11:49:48 skrev <vitalif at yourcmc.ru>:

> Hello!
>
> As I've already mentioned (several times :-D) in Bug 3321  
> (http://bz.selenic.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3321), the "branches are global  
> and permanent, did you want a bookmark?" message is VERY annoying,  
> especially when you like mercurial branches and dislike git ones.
>
> What's the problem with implementing a simple configuration option like
>
> [ui]
> i_love_permanent_branches = true
>
> ?
>
> This option won't hurt anyone who complains on hg not having git  
> branches, it will just do a good job for users like me, which don't want  
> bookmarks at all.
>
> So why not implement it?
>
> It's like Tips and Tricks dialog, which ALWAYS has "Don't show this  
> again" checkbox.
> I think you would be unhappy if you couldn't disable it - maybe there is  
> something interesting, but it's very annoying to see it every time!
> This message is similar, and there should be an option to disable it  
> without patching mercurial code or using 3rdparty extensions.
  I'd also like to get rid of this message, if possible.


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