http://bugs.darcs.net/issue129
Two comments (and another plea to do things the unix way): 1. For the last couple of years that I've been tracking darcs, I've seen new users request this change many times. I haven't counted, but it appears that new users are going to continue to ask for this. 2. In many cases, those new users have encountered a problem where some tool was automatically processing the _darcs directory as though it contained data instead of metadata. For example, the most recent case was that Eclipse was compiling the source files inside _darcs, IIRC. I myself have had this problem on more than one occasion when using recursive unix commands such as a "dos-to-unix-line-endings fixer". 2.a. Of course, when this kind of problem occurs, we can always explain what happened and suggest a work-around to make that tool stop doing that thing. But then a month later a different user, possibly using a different tool, encounters the same kind of problem. I think we should go with the unix tradition of using a leading dot to signal that the directory contains metadata which is managed by a specific program, or contains configuration files. _______________________________________________ darcs-users mailing list darcs-users@darcs.net http://www.abridgegame.org/mailman/listinfo/darcs-users
