Re: [Codestriker-user] branch on some files only

[David S. <si...@us...>]

> > Using the branch tag in codestriker shows that all the files not on
> > the branch have been deleted, which makes for large, messy review
> > sets.  Sending 'rdiff -f' solves this problem, so I was thinking I'd
> > add the option to select this behavior to the 'create new topic' page.
>
> I assume you are using CVS? It sounds like it may be that reasonable
> default for everybody. Do you have situations that you want the current
> behavior. In general  it is felt that the new topic screen is already
> pretty confusing to new users, so I think it would be a good thing if a
> new option on that page could be avoided.

Yes, the current create topic screen is very confusing.  It would be great 
to avoid adding any new controls, I agree.

I don't think "rdiff -f" it is a reasonable default however.  If I am 
working on a branch, and I have deleted some files between tag1 and tag2, 
I would want to know that.  

It would be very confusing to suddenly get file differences based on what 
is currently in HEAD.

Does it make more sense for you to define a custom CVS module which 
consists of just these "branched files", and then to use this in the 
module argument in the create topic screen?  That way, you only need to 
see diffs for files you are really interested in.

-- 
Cheers,
David