iproject API

[Aleix]

Wouldn't it make sense if
IPlugin* IProject::versionControlPlugin() const;

returned IBasicVCS instead of IPlugin? :S

On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Andreas Pakulat <apaku at gmx.de> wrote:

> On 29.07.08 11:44:42, Niko Sams wrote:
> > > Neither. The "Version Control" entry will work on the projects
> "primary"
> > > VCS, which still needs a kcm to change it. However its nice to be able
> > > to use a different VCS sometimes for the same project locally (I've
> once
> > > needed to import a CVS-managed project into an SVN tree and it was
> quite
> > > nice to being able to run cvs update in it to keep in sync with
> > > "upstream"), so the entries "Subversion","Git",... will stay.
> > Doesn't this fill contextmenu with entries that are only used in
> edge-cases?
> > I will never use Hg or Bazaar - actually i don't have them installed at
> all.
>
> If they're not installed, you won't get a Version Control entry for Hg
> or Bzr controlled projects. And you won't get the Bazaar/Hg top-level
> entry either because thats still contributed by the individual plugins.
>
> And btw, I think hg+bzr+cvs should move to extragear or even playground
> sooner or later.
>
> > Wouldn't be a way (in project configuration) to specify multiple vcs
> better?
>
> No, that bloats up configuration for no good reason. Besides the VC
> systems are usually smart enough to know wether they can handle a given
> directory/file. So we don't need configuration, except for the
> "primary" VC system so people find the common operations under the same
> menu entry - no matter which VC system they use.
>
> Andreas
>
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