Root folder in the project drawer is not selectable

[bbkr]

Hi

Let's assume I have project in /home/bbkr/project and I also have bin/, lib/, t/ directories in it. I was editing something in lib/ and t/, then browsed bin/. Now I want to commit _all_ changes and I get message:

No changes to commit within the current scope.
(Try selecting the root folder in the project drawer?)

This error message is misleading as TM2 does not allow to select root folder in project drawer. The bar where "project" directory name is displayed is actually a pulldown and is not selectable.
It also does not allow do deselect last opened directory, to get rid of bin/ context in my example.

BTW: I know the workarounds: select all directories in project drawer -> commit -> deselect OR use pulldown mentioned above to jump one directory above my project -> select it there -> commit -> return to project. Both are very annoying :(

So either message should me modified to something like "Try selecting everything in project drawer" or there should be easier way for top directory commits.

Thanks

[sorbits]

Is there a reason your top directory is not setup as project folder?

I think if it was, this wouldn’t be an issue. There are a few ways to
do this:

1. Always start by opening the top directory (using mate or Finder)
2. Using the pull-down to check the top directory as project folder
3. Creating a .tm_properties in the top directory with:
   projectDirectory = "$CWD"

The last one will set it permanently so even if you “mate
/path/to/project/subfolder” it will still know the true project
directory, and will use that.

Also, having your project folder setup correctly allows you to switch to
SCM Status in file browser (⇧⌘Y) which is probably the simplest way
to select what changes to commit (just select them from this filtered
view, and use ⌘Y + 2).

On 26 Jul 2013, at 14:35, Pawel Pabian wrote:

Hi

Let's assume I have project in /home/bbkr/project and I also have
bin/, lib/, t/ directories in it. I was editing something in
lib/ and t/, then browsed bin/. Now I want to commit _all_
changes and I get message:

No changes to commit within the current scope.
(Try selecting the root folder in the project drawer?)

This error message is misleading as TM2 does not allow to select root
folder in project drawer. The bar where "project" directory name is
displayed is actually a pulldown and is not selectable.
It also does not allow do deselect last opened directory, to get rid
of bin/ context in my example.

BTW: I know the workarounds: select all directories in project drawer
-> commit -> deselect OR use pulldown mentioned above to jump one
directory above my project -> select it there -> commit -> return to
project. Both are very annoying :(

So either message should me modified to something like "Try selecting
everything in project drawer" or there should be easier way for top
directory commits.

Thanks

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[bbkr]

Thanks for such prompt response. SCM status is just what I need.

I didn't know about it because I just found out that somehow it does not activate when TM2 works on remote disks (mounted with SSHFS or SMB2).

I'm closing issue, thanks again for help :)