Quoting Juliusz Chroboczek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I'm still lagging behind on my knowledge of the new format. Is there > > a darcs command for upgrading an existing repo to the new format? > > $ mv _darcs/current _darcs/pristine > > Yes, that's all there is to it right now.
Ah, okay. > > The other change is that Darcs now checks for a file called > ``_darcs/format'', which contains data about the format of a > repository. If this file is absent, or empty (which is currently the > case), the repository is in the baseline format; in the future, it > will contain information about which extensions to the baseline format > are necessary in order to grok a given repo. Very nice. > > This will allow us to make seamless transitions in the future, with > older version of Darcs giving you a friendly message asking you to > upgrade if you attempt to use a newer repository. That sounds wonderful. I want to experiment with using sqlite databases instead of files. Sounds like this would allow me to create a special darcs version that works with the current format and then optionally supports databases. Thanks, Jason _______________________________________________ darcs-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.abridgegame.org/mailman/listinfo/darcs-users
