>>>>> "Ketil" == Ketil Malde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

    >> Too late.  You're already stuck using the unique editor that
    >> understands darcs tokreplace patches: darcs.  Now you're
    >> talking about adding more of those,

    Ketil> No, I am not.  I am talking about adding a more granular
    Ketil> method for determining patches.

If it's not compatible with diff/patch, it's a new kind of patch (==
editing operation) which only darcs understands.

    >> locking users into darcs.

    Ketil> I'm not sure I quite follow you.  In fact, I am positive I
    Ketil> don't have a clue what you are talking about. If I use a
    Ketil> darcs repository, I am already locked into darcs?

For talking to the repository-as-database, yes.  However, the
diff/patch operations are basically _editor_ operations, not repo
operations.

    Ketil> Requiring collaborators to all use the same editor is a
    Ketil> *much* more draconian step,

Exactly my point. :-)


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