[darcs-devel] [darcs #396] 'darcs record' should respect registered files

[Karel Gardas]

On Thu, 19 May 2005, Karel Gardas wrote:

> My proposal is:
> 1) add --look-for-removes option to record, which will disable file
>   existence checking logic
>
> 2) change help comment in remove command and omit sentence:
> "Otherwise just delete the file or directory, and darcs will notice that it 
> has been removed."

Interesting is that darcs "looks for removes" automaticaly, i.e. darcs 
whatsnew shows removes but it does not "looks for adds" automaticaly, so 
you need to use --look-for-adds option.
If --look-for-removes should be added, then it needs to be added to 
whatsnew and all affected commands too.

Hard to tell what's better from user point of view, if "unification" of 
--look-for-adds and --look-for-removes or just hacking record to not 
complain about already removed files even they are added on command-line.

Any user-view opinion? I as a darcs user prefer unification and 
design/ideas simplification, but that's just one "vote".

Thanks,
Karel
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