On 18/06/2008, at 11:04 PM, Jack Lloyd wrote:
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 05:22:33PM +1000, William Uther wrote:
I have more research to do on git, but as a first pass have I missed
anything someone considers important? (BTW, I don't want to get
into tiny
little details here... I mentioned "considers important" for a
reason :) )
git can rename and delete branches, monotone can't (easily).
It's pretty easy to delete a branch in monotone; either
- just make a new database and sync all the other branches across.
Or delete all the branch certs. This method just deletes the branch
locally. Or,
- suspend the branch. See 'mtn help suspend'. This doesn't delete
the branch as such, but it hides it.
To rename a branch you just propagate the old branch to the new branch
and suspend the old branch, no? People could still commit to the old
branch - tell them not to (and set up a branch name filter on your
main repository so they can't).
The interesting part here is that Monotone has a global namespace for
branches, whereas git has a local namespace for branches. By default
in git you get a 1:1 local:remote branch name mapping, but you can
rearrange that if you wish. This removes the need for centralised
control of branch naming (policy branches) - it is all just local.
I know
about http://www.venge.net/mtn-wiki/BranchRenaming, but it seems like
that doesn't really work very nicely. (Adding these smell very policy
branch-ish).
Looks like they were written before suspend certs.
Cheers,
Will :-}
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