[Svnmerge] [PATCH] Prompt for source branch when multiple sourcesexist

[Giovanni Bajo]

Jim Lawton <jim.lawton at gmail.com> wrote:

> Firstly, thanks for svnmerge.py, it's extremely useful.
>
> I've attached a small patch (against r19012) which prompts the user
> to select a source (head) if multiple sources are found. This is very
> convenient
> for my users,
> but I appreciate it may not be to everyone's taste, so feel free to
> ignore it 8-).
>
> This is my first time submitting a patch, so apologies in advance if
> I haven't packaged it correctly.


Hi Jim, thanks for the patch. Personally, I'm -1 on interactive prompts in
programs like svnmerge.py. But we can still do something to improve user
experience. For instance, what if svnmerge.py displayed the list of multiple
heads on the screen, so that the user can simply cut & paste it into the
command line? In fact, the errore message that asks to use --head is a little
unhelpful: people have to look at svnmerge-integrated to find out what to do.

Giovanni Bajo