John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 2005-06-03, David Roundy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'd say that there are three things that are good about darcs:
Maybe it's included in your first point, but low starting threshold with lightweight installation and repository creation (no need to configure a server) is also a definite plus. > While we're at it, I've never quite understood the utility of > amend-record, unrecord, etc. It seems that they would likely cause > major breakage if used on a repo that anyone else ever pulls or pushes > to/from. What is the usage scenario for them, and what makes them so > very useful? I think you're pretty much on target. It's very useful in a private repo when you record something and discover that there was a couple of more things that belonged in that patch. Without amend, I would have a lot of messages like "oops, I forgot this in the last patch" in my logs. But yes, if you amend or unrecord something somebody has pulled, you're probably going to make a mess. -kzm -- If I haven't seen further, it is by standing in the footprints of giants _______________________________________________ darcs-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.abridgegame.org/mailman/listinfo/darcs-users
