Bert Wesarg <bert.wes...@googlemail.com> writes: > 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.
Thanks for walking us readers through your thought process.
