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Add option to make Git commands failures "loud"
When a Git command fails it is currently only reflected in "Output" window. I propose to make an option that would be making Git failures "loud" - for example by displaying an error window. That would guard users from forgetting to perform certain actions on their repositories because the commands failed silently - for example forgetting to push a tag or a branch.
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(1) If an error occurs, the Output view should come to front (in case it's hidden). (2) If the Output view is not displayed at all, an error window will show up. I guess (2) should be what you are looking for.
Personally to me it's important that there would be no possibility for the error message to be unnoticed and so I wouldn't forget to handle the error. I imagined it as a dialog window that blocks other actions (makes impossible to access menus, etc).
Did you already try (2)?
Oh, I thought you are listing possible implementation options. Yes (2) works, thank you very much!
I just encountered this problem again yesterday - I forgot to look at the Output view for errors, so kept trying things incorrectly. I like having the Output view open for regular reviewing/watching progress, therefore SG won't display a popup on errors. Is there any feature option can add to strongly/interruptively notify user when problems detected?
I tried to use SmartGit with the Output view closed but I've found that sometimes I need it to be present and in this case if I forgot to close it I won't get an error message. I'd also prefer to have a dedicated option that would enable error notifications regardless of presence of the Output view.
Please give the latest intermediate build 12114 a try (Help | Check for Latest Build) and set the low-level property output.showOnlyIfViewInvisible to false.
Thank you!! That works great!
Awesome! Worked on my machine.