On Nov 20, 2009, at 12:27 PM, Christopher Barker wrote: > Robert Bradshaw wrote: >> It might be interesting if there was a way to have a partial >> history, so that one could easily make patches/pull/move forward > > Wouldn't you need to have and know how to sue Hg to do any of that?
As you mention below, that's not the barrier. Hg is easy to get, and lots of folks probably know how to use it (or can be taught to commit and export a patch in 5 minutes). > In which case, why not just have folks pull from the repository if > they > need to do that. > > I do like the idea of lowering the barrier to entry for supplying > patches. I know I've had a few cases of minor patches I could have > done, > but I just didn't want to deal with getting the SVN version and all > that. > > (though I write that, it sure sounds lazy!) That is exactly the point. Usually, you have the changes in your working copy, and if you feel inclined to submit them, you don't want to check out the repo (which creates everything in a separate directory), copy your changes over, then create a patch, and forever keep your changes in sync where the copy that you're actually developing is *not* the one with revision control. If we could magically change a directory, possibly with changes, that isn't under revision control into a full repository with a single command (and it may be as simple as acquiring the .hg folder and copying it over, but maybe not), that would be great. - Robert _______________________________________________ Cython-dev mailing list [email protected] http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/cython-dev
