Re: Re: "Retrieve Revision as..." default file name

Jens,

>Yeah, but we're talking about "Retrieve Revision" here, right? What
>use is "Retrieve Revision" if the retrieved file tries to go out of the
>user's way as far as possible? After all, the user chose "Retrieve
>Revision [As...]" to _get_ that file, right?
>(snip...)
>If, OTOH, you're talking about the backup file cvs creates when
>moving a modified file out of the way, I agree that it's not all _that_
>bad if the file is hidden pretty good.

It's not just the coincidence that the names are similiar here. There is
actually very little difference between the backup files made by CVS and the
revisions retrieved from the graph. They both represent the version of the
file put aside for the purposes not directly related to CVS. There is many
things you may want to do with such file - just see how it looks, compare it
against the version you are working on - you name it. There are however few
obvious things you don't want to happen, e.g. to get those files
accidentally checked in or to start accidentally working on one of these
instead of the real working file. File must be hard to find and look somehow
different from the actual files. That restrictions don't apply to the files
that are temporary (like the one used for view, diff or annotate) because
they end up in places that you are not going perform any CVS operations or
developement.

>e.g. on Mac OS X, the only way to get access to a file whose name
>starts with a dot is through terminal (i.e. the command line). There is
>just no way you'll ever see a "." file in Finder (Windows users read:
>"Explorer" )...

Surely there must be some file managers software available to solve that
problem. I personally can't quite remember when was the last time I used
Explorer for the reason of it not being able to manage files. It sounds like
the "Finder" is similiarly broken.

>If it's gonna hidden that hard, I won't even bother implementing
>the "Retrieve Revision" command ;-)

I am not sure what/if people use the retrieve command to - which in a way
determines it's naming convention. It seems to me it's more a psychological
issue that a usefull tool to actually do something. What is your idea of
using the retrieved file?

Best Regards,
Jerzy

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