Re: meld filename scans entire tree

[Grant Edwards <grant b edwards gmail com>]

On 2010-04-24, Kai Willadsen <kai willadsen gmail com> wrote:

>> On a related topic (I think), is there anyway to avoid the complete
>> re-scan after reverting or commiting a single file?  It really mucks
>> up workflow if after every operation you have to wait a minute or two
>> for meld to rescan a large progje tree for no reason.
>
> Not currently, no. Meld is overly conservative, and assumes that it
> needs to rescan the tree after any VC operation.

Are there cases where commiting or reverting file X changes the status
of a file other than X?

> There is the start of some refresh-related code in VcView, but
> judging by some FIXMEs and the lack of VC-specific information, it's
> a fair way from functional.

OK, I guess meld just isn't work for that use case: reviewing each of
a set of changed file and then commiting or reverting the file.

-- 
Grant