[PATCH] revert: use "discard"/"revert" verb when reverting interactively (issue5143)

Pierre-Yves David pierre-yves.david at ens-lyon.org
Mon Jun 6 02:07:23 EDT 2016



On 06/06/2016 07:06 AM, Augie Fackler wrote:
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>> On Jun 6, 2016, at 1:04 AM, Pierre-Yves David <pierre-yves.david at ens-lyon.org> wrote:
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>> On 06/05/2016 07:36 PM, timeless wrote:
>>> Fwiw localizers would typically object to this... It doesn't give them
>>> enough flexibility of wording two distinct messages.
>>
>> (Thanks for looking at this rephrasing, it was long overdue!)
>>
>> However, I agree with timeless that we need two full messages here for
>> i18n purpose. That said? why do we need two messages at all? Could a
>> single one work?
> 
> I think three messages (“record/discard/revert”) is better than one by a wide margin. I’m not sure how I feel about two (“record/revert”), but it’s still clearly an improvement over 3.8. I’d be delighted to see a followup that’ll make i18n happy. :)

Can you elaborate on the value on having "discard" distinct from "revert"?

Cheers

-- 
Pierre-Yves David


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