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On Saturday 04 February 2006 01:38, Olivier Thauvin wrote:
> Le Vendredi 03 Février 2006 15:27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit :
> > > > As for "darcs remove", it might be best to eliminate that
> > > > command, or at least to hide it in the section that we reserve
> > > > for commands that are unnecessary and that sometimes confuse
> > > > newcomers.
> > >
> > > Please don't eliminate!  Not only would that break backward
> > > compatibility, it is also a very useful command, just as unpull
> > > and unrecord are.
> >
> > Don't worry, I'm sure that "darcs remove" will live a long time, if
> > only because of backwards compatibility.  Could you please tell us
> > what you use it for?  Why don't you just delete the file in
> > question instead?
>
> Because darcs remove != rm ?
>
> darcs remove remove the file the repos, this mean darcs will longer
> check changes on this file when recording patch. This can be usefull
> to remove a file from repos without really deleting it (imagine you
> add by mistake ./configure).
>
> # darcs remove --help
> [...]
> Remove should be called when you want to remove a file from your
> project, but don't actually want to delete the file.  Otherwise just
> delete the file or directory, and darcs will notice that it has been
> removed.

Hmmm, maybe it should be renamed unadd?  

Actually I'm only half joking here, as it would remove any confusion of 
"does darcs remove == rm"?

ie. 
darcs add file --> put file under darcs's control
darcs unadd file --> take file away from darcs's control, opposite of 
add, with no implication of touching the file itself.

Too bad 'unadd' isn't a real word, oh well, we could allways put a '-' 
in it. :-)

Nigel
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