On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 8:39 PM, Trent W. Buck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Adding primitive patch types to Darcs creates backwards incompatibility. > > Eric, what is the procedure for handling this? On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 20:42:05 -0800, Jason Dagit wrote: > We have a mechanism for handling repository features. That's > _darcs/format. As on oversight, we don't have that information in patch > bundles, but the general idea is that darcs knows which features it can > handle so it checks in the remote repo. If the remote repo has a feature > that darcs doesn't understand it gives up and lets the user know.
Just echoing Jason: there is an explanation of how the repo format mechanism works at http://wiki.darcs.net/DarcsWiki/DarcsInternals Thanks! P.S. indeed character based patches are exciting! -- Eric Kow <http://www.nltg.brighton.ac.uk/home/Eric.Kow> PGP Key ID: 08AC04F9
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