Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] git-gui: Add ability to revert selected hunks and lines

> The thing is, that the partial revert "just don't happen by accident".
> Here are the minimum user actions needed to get to this dialog:
>
> 1. whole-file revert
>
> - do a Ctrl+J, more or less anywhere in the GUI
>
> 2. hunk revert/revert one unselected line
>
> - right click anywhere in the diff pane (thats around 60% of the window area)
> - move the mouse pointer down 3/4 menu items
> - click this menu item
>
> 3. partially revert selected lines
>
> - select some content in the diff pane by starting by pressing and
> holding a left click
> - end the selection by releasing the left click
> - move the mouse pointer down 3/4 menu items
> - click this menu item
>
> Thats always at least 2 user actions more than the whole-file revert.
> Thus this cannot happen by accident quite easily in comparison to the
> whole-file revert. And thats the reason why this dialog exists, from
> my point of view.
>
> I can see the need to disable the dialog for the whole-file revert,
> and IIRC that was also requested a long time ago on this list. But I
> don't see a reason to have this dialog also for the partial reverts as
> a safety measure.