> What repository are you trying to push to? Not to worry, it's a freshly createdempty patch-tag repository expressly for the purpose of central control after converting to darcs-2, which I think is Right.
On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Eric Kow <[email protected]> wrote: > > I suppose I will need to convert and push again. > > WAIT! > > I didn't get the full picture on this. What repository are you trying > to push to? I notice you said it was a darcs-2 repository, but what > darcs-2 repository? Is it some sort of branch of the repository you are > pushing from (or vice-versa?) > > I keep worrying about this point because converting branches separately > is a *big mistake* [ however much I wish it wasn't :-( ] If you are > pushing to a related repository that was converted separately, you may > run into trouble of the subtle and dangerous kind (hence our big warning > and elaborate forcing function). If you are just pushing to some wholly > unrelated repository, you should be ok. > > On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 07:35:13 -0800, Thomas Hartman wrote: > > Well, it certainly confused me! I would say disallow, or at least > > warn. I'm now doubting whether I am in a darcs-2 repository after all, > > since I edited _darcs/format manually. > > You do not. > > The darcs-2 repository was created as a subdirectory of the current one, > with the same name. > > For what it's worth, it should never be necessary to edit the > _darcs/format file. > > > After some reflection, I think the most intuitive thing to do might be > > to make convert a flag to darcs get, like > > > > darcs get --converto-to-darcs-2 > > > > The word "convert" followed by that elaborate warning message confused > > me into thinking it was doing something destructive to the directory. > > Interesting point. I think I would welcome any sort of mechanism to > prevent common confusions or errors, or to make the warnings clearer > or more concise still. > > I doubt major UI changes of this sort or debates about them would be > very productive, on the other hand. So my main interest would be on > simpler things (e.g. improved warnings, or forcing functions) > > Best regards, > > -- > Eric Kow <http://www.nltg.brighton.ac.uk/home/Eric.Kow> > PGP Key ID: 08AC04F9 > -- Thomas Hartman Need somewhere to host your code? patch-tag.com Want to build a webapp? happstack.com
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