Issue 933: remove is unhelpfully quiet when removing a directory containing tracked files - Darcs bug tracker

Title	remove is unhelpfully quiet when removing a directory containing tracked files
Priority	bug	Status	resolved
Milestone		Resolved in
Superseder		Nosy List	Serware, darcs-devel, dmitry.kurochkin, jaredj, kowey, markstos, mornfall, nwf, thorkilnaur, tommy, tux_rocker
Assigned To	mornfall	Topics	ProbablyEasy, UI

Created on 2008-06-21.02:10:17 by nwf, last changed 2010-02-21.13:22:33 by tux_rocker.

Files
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Messages
msg5130 (view)	Author: nwf	Date: 2008-06-21.02:10:13
A simple test case: $darcs init $darcs add a/file $ darcs whatsnew adddir ./a addfile ./a/file $ darcs unadd a darcs failed: Can't remove a It would be nice if the above unadd mentioned the files tracked inside a/ instead of just complaining. Even a note to run "whatsnew" would be more helpful than the current behavior. Tested against 2.0.1rc2 (unknown) -- full context is attached. Attachments context
msg5459 (view)	Author: markstos	Date: 2008-08-13.02:02:47
I agree with this, and am upgrading it from the wishlist priority to bug. Darcs overall has a has high quality user interface, and it really should provide some explanation about why it can't remove the directory, even if it is very simple: "directory not empty", or "directory contains files managed by darcs".
msg10057 (view)	Author: tux_rocker	Date: 2010-02-21.13:22:28
I believe this is fixed as a side effect of the patch that resolves issue1749.

History
Date	User	Action	Args
2008-06-21 02:10:17	nwf	create
2008-07-09 14:08:57	nwf	set	topic: + Darcs2, UI nosy: + Serware
2008-08-13 02:02:50	markstos	set	priority: wishlist -> bug status: unread -> unknown messages: + msg5459 nosy: + markstos
2008-08-13 14:39:11	mornfall	set	nosy: + mornfall, simon, kowey assignedto: mornfall
2009-08-06 21:08:30	admin	set	nosy: + dmitry.kurochkin, thorkilnaur, - beschmi
2009-08-11 00:17:38	admin	set	nosy: - dagit
2009-08-11 17:49:49	kowey	set	topic: + ProbablyEasy, - Darcs2 nosy: + jaredj title: unadd is unhelpfully quiet when removing a directory containing tracked files -> remove is unhelpfully quiet when removing a directory containing tracked files
2009-08-11 17:50:35	kowey	set	status: unknown -> needs-implementation nosy: tommy, kowey, markstos, simon, thorkilnaur, jaredj, dmitry.kurochkin, Serware, nwf, mornfall
2009-08-25 17:24:16	admin	set	nosy: + darcs-devel, - simon
2009-08-25 19:12:15	kowey	set	nosy: tommy, kowey, markstos, darcs-devel, thorkilnaur, jaredj, dmitry.kurochkin, Serware, nwf, mornfall
2009-08-27 14:23:05	admin	set	nosy: tommy, kowey, markstos, darcs-devel, thorkilnaur, jaredj, dmitry.kurochkin, Serware, nwf, mornfall
2009-10-23 22:43:34	admin	set	nosy: + serware, - Serware
2009-10-23 23:29:28	admin	set	nosy: + Serware, - serware
2010-02-21 13:22:33	tux_rocker	set	status: needs-implementation -> resolved nosy: + tux_rocker messages: + msg10057