There is something unsatisfying about the "mistake" solution, at least that is my feeling. Conceptually, there is a difference between not deleting history (which I think is a very valuable asset in fossil) and always showing full history, rubbing mistakes in your face, especially when still learning fossil.
Perhaps it is bloat, but would it be useful if branches with the tag 'mistake' or perhaps 'hidden' were not shown on the default timeline in the web interface, and having an option for showing the full timeline? It would be a bit like the full file view and the current file view when showing files. Paul On 30 Sep 2011, at 22:30 , Richard Hipp wrote: > > > On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 4:14 PM, Tomek Kott <tkott.s...@gmail.com> wrote: > nope*. What many people do, including the SQLite & Fossil repos, is simply > rename the branch as "mistake," close the leaf, update back to trunk, and > start again. > > See, for example, http://www.sqlite.org/src/timeline?r=mistake > > Tomek > > * - I think it would be somehow possible to get the artifact # and shun it, > so technically, it is possible. But there is no command for it. > > The intent of Fossil is to preserve history, not delete it. Hence, there is > no easy way to delete a branch. > > Shunning is intended as an emergency mechanism to remove content that should > have never gotten into the repository in the first place - things such as > wiki or ticket spam. Shunning is not intended to remove content just because > you think it is obsolete. Mark it as a mistake, as Tomek suggests above. > But don't destroy history. > > > > On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 4:01 PM, Erlis Vidal <er...@erlisvidal.com> wrote: > I'm sorry for this so n00b question but I'm not able to find this anywhere. > > Is it possible to delete a branch? I've created a branch by mistake, in this > case I don't want to merge the branch, I'm looking for the git equivalent -f > (force delete) > > Thanks, > Erlis > > _______________________________________________ > fossil-users mailing list > fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org > http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > fossil-users mailing list > fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org > http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users > > > > > -- > D. Richard Hipp > d...@sqlite.org > _______________________________________________ > fossil-users mailing list > fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org > http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users _______________________________________________ fossil-users mailing list fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users
