Re: Newbie grief

[Ronan Keryell <Ronan.Keryell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>>>> On Thu, 03 May 2012 12:13:46 -0700, Rich Pixley <rich.pixley@xxxxxxxx> said:

    Rich> * the hg error messages are straightforward, clear, and don't
    Rich> require any deep knowledge of the source code control system
    Rich> or it's limitations.  (I still don't understand what the git
    Rich> message on collision is saying.)

This is a very good suggestion.

This would help people not having time to embrace all the advanced
details to understand easily what is happening.

At least, print a simpler message with some typical use case causing
this and some workflow ideas before the detailed explanation.

Or adding a new config message.style = expert | newbie | ...
and of course with newbie by default. :-)
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