[GSoC update] Sequencer: Debating the UI

Hi,

Frankly, I'm a little worried about not having sent out anything significant since last week -- I've just been bouncing back and fourth trying to decide how to structure the UI. After trying out various forms of --abort, I've decided to drop all UI and just write "infrastructure code" for the moment, and letting end users decide the shortcuts for themselves. Among the various suggestions, I especially liked Jonathan's --edit solution where the user gets a copy of the entire instruction sheet (not just commands left to execute) to edit as she pleases [1]. I've just started working on this. I might like to send a quick series based on my earlier series for inclusion, but I can't figure out a good subset: Everything until "revert: Catch incompatible command-line options early" might be a candidate for a simple revert-cleanup series, but most of the motivation for the cleanup comes from the sequencer needing it.

Thanks for reading.

-- Ram

[1]: http://mid.gmane.org/20110611112213.GA25268@elie

Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:

I would love to use a working "cherry-pick --continue". :) I would use it like this:

	$ : grumble, grumble, source package format that requires a
	$ : tarball followed by a linear sequence of patches
	$ git checkout -b release+patches v1.0
	$ git cherry-pick --no-merges -x -s HEAD..origin/master
	... ticks away for a while, then presents a conflict
	$ git diff; fix fix fix; git add -u; make test; git commit -v
	$ git cherry-pick --continue
	...

	$ git diff origin/master; # matches up?  good.
	$ git format-patch -k --patience -o patches v1.0..HEAD

Speaking of which, do you have a git tree that testers should use / send patches against? E.g., is the "sequencer" branch at git://github.com/artagnon/git.git the one to play with?

Thanks; exciting times.

Regards, Jonathan

Hi,

Jonathan Nieder writes:

Great.  I hope to have a mockup of this ready in a couple of days or so.

Yes.

-- Ram

Hi,

On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 8:00 AM, Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com> wrote:

Yeah, you can work on "cherry-pick --skip" too. If you have --continue and --skip working, maybe it will be worth merging as is.

Thanks, Christian.

Hi,

Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:

Gah, it took much longer than expected. My latest work is in the 'sequencer-continue' branch on my GitHub. It's almost there; will send to list after polishing it for a few hours in the morning.

Thanks.

-- Ram

Hi Ram,

On Monday 20 June 2011 17:51:23 Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:

Great! Please post a small status update too.

Thanks, Christian.