From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Bert Wesarg <bert.wesarg@googlemail.com>
Cc: Pratyush Yadav <me@yadavpratyush.com>,
Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>,
Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] git-gui: Add ability to revert selected hunks and lines
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 09:04:17 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqo90fna0u.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKPyHN27Pz8BtzdUCewZMd2wi5hx8LyJTfJqwkyTbbQLJk+=VA@mail.gmail.com> (Bert Wesarg's message of "Fri, 23 Aug 2019 08:04:14 +0200")
Bert Wesarg <bert.wesarg@googlemail.com> writes:
> The thing is, that the partial revert "just don't happen by accident".
> Here are the minimum user actions needed to get to this dialog:
>
> 1. whole-file revert
>
> - do a Ctrl+J, more or less anywhere in the GUI
>
> 2. hunk revert/revert one unselected line
>
> - right click anywhere in the diff pane (thats around 60% of the window area)
> - move the mouse pointer down 3/4 menu items
> - click this menu item
>
> 3. partially revert selected lines
>
> - select some content in the diff pane by starting by pressing and
> holding a left click
> - end the selection by releasing the left click
> - move the mouse pointer down 3/4 menu items
> - click this menu item
>
> Thats always at least 2 user actions more than the whole-file revert.
> Thus this cannot happen by accident quite easily in comparison to the
> whole-file revert. And thats the reason why this dialog exists, from
> my point of view.
>
> I can see the need to disable the dialog for the whole-file revert,
> and IIRC that was also requested a long time ago on this list. But I
> don't see a reason to have this dialog also for the partial reverts as
> a safety measure.
Thanks for walking us readers through your thought process.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-08-23 16:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-08-19 21:41 [PATCH 0/3] git-gui: Add ability to revert selected hunks and lines Pratyush Yadav
2019-08-19 21:41 ` [PATCH 1/3] git-gui: Move revert confirmation dialog creation to separate function Pratyush Yadav
2019-08-19 21:41 ` [PATCH 2/3] git-gui: Add the ability to revert selected lines Pratyush Yadav
2019-08-20 19:21 ` Johannes Sixt
2019-08-20 19:29 ` Pratyush Yadav
2019-08-20 21:19 ` Johannes Sixt
2019-08-21 21:48 ` Pratyush Yadav
2019-08-23 13:01 ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-08-23 16:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-23 17:03 ` Pratyush Yadav
2019-08-23 19:17 ` Johannes Sixt
2019-08-19 21:41 ` [PATCH 3/3] git-gui: Add the ability to revert selected hunk Pratyush Yadav
2019-08-20 18:47 ` [PATCH 0/3] git-gui: Add ability to revert selected hunks and lines Junio C Hamano
2019-08-20 19:49 ` Pratyush Yadav
2019-08-21 7:06 ` Bert Wesarg
2019-08-21 21:30 ` Pratyush Yadav
2019-08-22 22:01 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] " Pratyush Yadav
2019-08-22 22:01 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] git-gui: Move revert confirmation dialog creation to separate function Pratyush Yadav
2019-08-22 22:01 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] git-gui: Add option to disable the revert confirmation prompt Pratyush Yadav
2019-08-22 22:01 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] git-gui: Add the ability to revert selected lines Pratyush Yadav
2019-08-23 6:29 ` Bert Wesarg
2019-08-23 16:51 ` Pratyush Yadav
2019-08-22 22:01 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] git-gui: Add the ability to revert selected hunk Pratyush Yadav
2019-08-22 22:34 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] git-gui: Add ability to revert selected hunks and lines Junio C Hamano
2019-08-22 22:51 ` Pratyush Yadav
2019-08-23 6:04 ` Bert Wesarg
2019-08-23 16:04 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2019-08-23 16:44 ` Pratyush Yadav
[not found] ` <CAKPyHN0QbCDzcG8=zPP4-WHKqMk3R0sJ0BjXDR=zak3OfEa2bg@mail.gmail.com>
2019-08-25 11:57 ` Pratyush Yadav
2019-08-23 23:43 ` David Aguilar
2019-08-24 6:54 ` Bert Wesarg
2019-08-24 6:57 ` Bert Wesarg
2019-08-24 7:26 ` David Aguilar
2019-08-24 8:09 ` Johannes Sixt
2019-08-28 21:57 ` [PATCH v3 " Pratyush Yadav
2019-08-28 21:57 ` [PATCH v3 1/4] git-gui: allow reverting selected lines Pratyush Yadav
2019-08-28 21:57 ` [PATCH v3 2/4] git-gui: allow reverting selected hunk Pratyush Yadav
2019-08-28 21:57 ` [PATCH v3 3/4] git-gui: return early when patch fails to apply Pratyush Yadav
2019-08-28 21:57 ` [PATCH v3 4/4] git-gui: allow undoing last revert Pratyush Yadav
2019-10-21 9:16 ` Bert Wesarg
2019-10-21 19:04 ` Pratyush Yadav
2019-10-22 8:17 ` Bert Wesarg
2019-10-23 18:57 ` Pratyush Yadav
2019-10-21 19:35 ` Johannes Sixt
2019-10-22 7:46 ` Bert Wesarg
2019-10-23 19:00 ` Pratyush Yadav
2019-09-10 19:21 ` [PATCH v3 0/4] git-gui: Add ability to revert selected hunks and lines Pratyush Yadav
2019-09-10 20:26 ` Johannes Sixt
2019-09-12 18:59 ` Bert Wesarg
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