[darcs-devel] [darcs #114] [usability] feedback (error message) enhancements

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Sat Dec 4 11:03:01 PST 2004


Sat Dec 04 14:02:59 2004: New ticket: 114.
Transaction: Ticket created by guest
       Queue: Darcs
     Subject: [usability] feedback (error message) enhancements
       Owner: Nobody
  Requestors: zander at kde.org
      Status: new
 Ticket <URL: http://bugs.darcs.net/.//Ticket/Display.html?id=114 >

Typing 'darcs pull localpath' to a repository, and mistakingly 
pointing the the path you are already in (following symlinks, or 
missing one '../' can do that) you get the message that there are no 
changes. 
While this is completely correct, darcs could be intelligent enough to 
know that the user made a mistake and inform him about it. 
I suggest printing a message like: 
"current and '$1' are the same repositories" 
 
 
A second item; 
typing: "darcs remove foo" 
while foo is not managed by darcs can give you a: 
darcs failed:  Can't remove foo 
 
Its not immidiately obvious to the user why.  I suggest changing this 
message to:  
darcs failed:  Can't remove foo since darcs is not currently managing 
foo 




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