Re: [SourceJammer-users] File History Wish List

[Robert M. <rob...@ya...>]

Hi, Stan.

--- Stan Wong <won...@ya...> wrote:
> Rob,
> 
> A couple of items for my v1.2 wish list related to
> file history.
> 
> 1. Show the file 'last modified' time instead of the
>     'created_time' on the file display.  I think you
> might have
>     this one done already.  This would allow us to
> scan for
>     recent changes and then go look for more detail.

This is already done in 1.2.

I'm also re-considering the way SJ handles the
created/modified dates in general. I'm considering
changing to a system similar to VSS, where the
modified date of the file is not the date/time when
you checked it in, but the date/time that the file was
last modified by you. Also, when you retrieve a file
from SJ, I'm thinking about setting the file's
modified date to the date/time the file was last
modified (in other words, the modified date stored in
SJ). Any thoughts?

> 
> 2. Under 'File->Details' show the History tab over
> the
>     File Info tab.  We are typically interested in
> knowing
>     what happened to a file in the recent past
> rather than
>     knowing what the file is.  During development we
> know
>     what the files are.  If we were studying an
> existing
>     project then the current tab ordering would be
> more
>     useful but the reverse is true if you are
> already
>     familiar with a project.

I'll consider this one. As you point out, Stan, you
might want to see the tabs in the other order,
depending on your needs. An alternative would be for
the GUI to store the last tab that you had selected
when you close the dialog and then default to that one
the next time you open the dialog. There are a number
of similar bits of information that the GUI could
store like this as well, though, so if I took that
approach, I should probably create a scheme for
handling this kind of information, which might take a
bit more time.

I wonder if anyone else monitoring this list an
opinion to contribute.

--Rob


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