hampsterx Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 hi there, Developer got confused today as when he creates a new branch and switches to that branch, the home icon is still sitting on the parent branch. Its quite clear top left as it says "branch /main/myBranch" but to avoid confusion the home icon should probably change state or something. yep, told you it was minor TiM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manu Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 Hi TiM, well, when you create a new branch and you switch to it, the new branch is obviously empty and you are loading the branch base changeset... the one with the house icon.... We thought in a better way to draw it but that's the best idea we got.... Any suggestions? Regards, Manu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodingGorilla Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 I made the same mistake when I first started, but I immediately understood exactly what Manu said. Maybe you could simply change the color (background/outline) of the current branch a bit to indicate 'where you're at'. Just a thought.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manu Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 mmmm I really don't know a good solution, you have the working branch always on the top left area, so it's clear in which branch you are working on. And the house actually is telling you the truth... you are in that changeset due to it's the starting point of the branch. A "cm status" command will return you the same value as the house... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpediemevive Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 I think this is a case of the implementation confusing how our brains work. I read through the Plastic Selectors article series on the blog (http://codicesoftware.blogspot.com/2008/03/plastic-selectors-welcome-to-dark-side.html) which I think plays into what's going on here. In part II you talk about the selector for a newly created branch. I copied and pasted it below: rep "default" path "/" branch "/task001" co "/task001" path "/" branch "/main" co "/task001" The house is showing us where our work is coming from, but we are much more concerned with where our work is going to end up because that's our focus. I don't so much care that the file we are working on came from the main branch because it doesn't exist in our task001 branch yet. I do constantly worry about committing things onto the wrong branch. I hope I read everything right and what I've said is relevant. In the end I don't think it's a deal breaker for anyone, but I think this is just an idea about why it can be confusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodingGorilla Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 I do constantly worry about committing things onto the wrong branch. I find myself worrying about this as well, for me it's not a big issue though, it's just getting used to a different UI (and a great one at that ), and learning to look in that top bar. Maybe some tweaks to that to make it stand out a little more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpediemevive Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 I was totally going to suggest the tweaks to have it stand out as well. Currently it's almost gray, and having it be at least a stark black would really help. I'd also suggest a slightly larger font so your eye is drawn to it; leaving it tinier makes it easier for the eye to gloss over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manu Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 I do constantly worry about committing things onto the wrong branch. I find myself worrying about this as well You win! I'm going to propose your ideas on the next meeting. I really get your point. Manu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psantosl Posted December 29, 2011 Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 Hey, I already discussed this one with Daniel. I wan't the "house" on empty branches! It will be there soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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