Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 12:38:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org> To: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> Cc: Gerhard Sittig <Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net>, FreeBSD stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: remove empty TEMPROOT dirs at mergemaster's end? (was: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/mergemaster mergemaster.sh) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008171221050.45645-100000@dt051n1f.san.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <200008171114.e7HBEuq01585@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>
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On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, Brian Somers wrote:
> This would probably be quite useful.
>
> What do you think Doug (cc'd) ?
Thanks for including me.. .I'm a little behind on my freebsd mail
right now. (Social life?!? Who authorized that?)
> > While I see you editing this script: Is it a good idea to clean
> > out the empty directories at the "Do you wish to delete what is
> > left of ${TEMPROOT}? [no] " stage when TEMPROOT is meant to
> > stay? I felt it to be somewhat uncomfortable to wade through the
> > tree just to find there's almost nothing left to compare.
I think I am confused, but that's why we like to solicit feedback
from users. :) Most of the time when people leave them temproot directory
around it's to deal with a specific file or files that they decided to
merge later. If you leave that directory behind and there are real files
left to deal with mm spits out a list of files for your consideration,
which can be handled with 'mergemaster -r' or by hand.
I guess what I'm confused about is what you are wading through and
why. If I knew the answer to that, I would know better how to answer your
question. As it is, I don't understand why an option is required to do
what 'find . -type d -size 0 -delete' will do for you. I'm not trying to
be sarcastic, I just really don't understand your request.
> > Unless I've overlooked something obvious and you stop me, I would
> > file a PR with a patch how to expand the " *** ${TEMPROOT} will
> > remain" case with a question for removal of all the unnecessary
> > stuff. I guess empty files should remain, but empty directories
> > could be subject to deletion.
I would really prefer that you don't, since unless I hear a
compelling case for it I don't plan to add this option. One of the design
goals for mm was that it be as friendly as possible for new users. There
are already WAY too many options, many of which fall into the "only useful
for edge case power users" category, and that's a trend I want to
resist. As I said, I can't think of any reason why even a significant
minority of people would want to do what you're proposing; there are
already options in mm that handle the vast majority of cases where you'd
want to revisit the temproot directory; and there are existing, standard
unix tools that you can use to accomplish what you're asking for here.
Doug
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