Re: [Gnu-arch-users] into the ether again: wd factor

[Mark Flacy]

On 2005.11.02 08:39, Mikhael Goikhman wrote:
> On 02 Nov 2005 14:25:25 +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> >
> > Although I've never used it, it looks like the `--file-list' option
> of
> > `commit' could do the job in the most simple cases.
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > What do you think?
>
> You speak about partial undo, changes and commit, i.e.:
>
>   tla undo -- file1 file2 ..
>   tla commit -- file1 file2 ..
>   tla changes -- file1 file2 ..
>
> This is indeed very useful and many of us use this all the time.
>
>  The problem starts when different hunks of the same file-diff belong  
> to  different logical changesets, or when you have dozens of modified  
> files  and just can't remember which changes belong to that specific   
> feature.

For that matter, diff hunks do not always map to logical change hunks.

If I change two logically unrelated things on adjacent lines, they will  
probably end up in the same hunk.  An interactive tool should  
eventually address that.


> This thread is about some kind of _interactive_ tool to help with
> this.
>
> Regards,
> Mikhael.
>
>
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