Comment 7 for bug 323111

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Vincent Ladeuil (vila) wrote : Re: [Bug 323111] Re: Cannot delete directory with ignored files

>>>>> Martin Pool <email address hidden> writes:

    > I think moving them into a top-level directory is fine. I'd like
    > the patch for this to abstract the handling of them so that we can
    > later add the others.

What do you mean by others ?

    >> 0 is not appropriate as the problem may occur during a pull or a
    >> switch (the infamous .pyc problem).

    > I think it's appropriate [to give you conflicts on the deletion]:
    > you can already get other kinds of conflicts on pull or switch.

Oh, I don't dispute that, I was talking about breaking the natural flow
by creating what could be considered as spruious conflicts, if there are
othe conflicts, they will still be detected.

    > The main thing we have to do there is make sure deleting the
    > directory is treated as implicit resolution, because it is not at
    > present.

Right, I consider that to be a different bug (see bug #344013, bug
#138803
, bug #287979, etc). If you think I've high jacked this one I can
create a new one.