[TxMt] Re: SVN and the file pane

[Allan Odgaard]

On Sep 24, 2012, at 11:39 PM, Jonas Zimmermann <listen at jonaszimmermann.de> wrote:

> I'd like to bring SVN and file pane behaviour up again.
> I've been using both extensively, and run into this situation frequently: Working in file A, press cmd-Y, 5 to commit, realise after hitting commit that in fact file B was selected in file viewer and the wrong file with the wrong commit message was committed.

I always review my local changes before comitting, thus noticing if the wrong file is selected :)

I’m also in the habbit of pressing ⌃⌘R to select current file, when I wish to execute a command that should apply to the current file.

> As for the heuristics which file to apply cmd-Y to:
> 1) If the file browser has focus, take its selection, if the editor has focus, take that.

This is how Find in Folder works and I don’t think such behavior works well — it’s hard to discover this “feature” and leads to seemingly random behavior and needless moving of focus away from text editor.

> 2) In the commit window, show all uncommitted changes in (the parent folder of the file browser or root of working copy, whichever is lower) and below, but only select the items from 1)
> 
> Would that cause any side-effects?

The latter should be fine to change, the former though I dislike.

> If we cannot agree on how this should behave, can the precedence behaviour of file viewer be somehow customized?

The Subversion → Commit command can’t obtain info about selected element, but you can always hardcode it to always select only current file (in the commit window).