On 6/10/2010 4:47 PM, Erik Cederstrand wrote:

-1 Also.

How does this differ from a "mergemaster -iFU" ? That's pretty much as 
automated as it can get.
I find the ability to do 'etcupdate diff' to quickly get an overview of which 
changes I have made to a standard installation very useful.

Looking from the outside, I think the two tools could be merged to a single 
upgrade tool. I see three uses for such a tool:

* Show me which local modifications I have, so I can see if they're still 
relevant for the upgraded system
* Just do all the hard work for me (i.e. mergemaster -iFU) on files I didn't 
change
* Guide me through merging updates to files I did modify myself (and please, 
don't ask me innocently if I want to delete my local account when it's 4 AM :-) 
I may be answering 'yes' in my sleep)


That actually sounds like a great idea to me.

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