Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 23:26:16 -0400 From: Jason T <luser@ahab.com> To: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org> Cc: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, 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: <20000817232616.B296@sseye.ahab.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008171221050.45645-100000@dt051n1f.san.rr.com>; from Doug@gorean.org on Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 12:38:54PM -0700 References: <200008171114.e7HBEuq01585@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008171221050.45645-100000@dt051n1f.san.rr.com>
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I think I can clarify. If mergemaster leaves ANY files behind, it also leave
the subdirectories, even the empty ones. The request is to have empty
subdirectories (of ${TEMPROOT}) removed automatically. This benefits anyone,
experienced or novice, who leaves some files behind for more deliberate
examination after mergemaster.
The request was to make this standard mergemaster behavior, not another expert
option. Personally, I have wished for this myself, both when mergemaster was
unfamiliar and later.
On Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 12:38:54PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
> 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.
>
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Flashlight Media
jason@flashlightmedia.com
www.flashlightmedia.com
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