[squeak-dev] MC Merge browser: 'Accept same source' button considered harmful

Chris Muller asqueaker at gmail.com
Sat Jun 23 23:39:51 UTC 2018


Does anyone like to go around and change the format of other peoples
code and nothing else?  I consider this inconsiderate to my peers and
I'm sure most around here do, as well.

So does anyone know why in the world we this crazy button tacked onto
the end of the MC Merge browser?  Every time I have a merge conflict,
this button rears its ugly head and forces me to reckon with it.  Not
only is it incongruous with the rest of the buttons, but totallly
wrongheaded for how we respect each others work, resulting in
unpleasant thoughts and experience every time I see it.

Browsing origin just shows:
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     Name: Monticello-tfel.637
     Author: tfel
     Time: 25 July 2016, 3:24:24.996828 pm
     UUID: cf0d6af1-c703-5044-9c57-e798b0cf3abf
     Ancestors: Monticello-cmm.636

     add a button for rejecting all incoming conflicts that only change AST
____

(rant) Explaining WHAT your changed in your version notes is
redundant, we can all see the code.  Please tell us WHY you are doing
it.

So does anyone know?  I think we should remove it and I cringe to
wonder how many original works we lost to it...   :(


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