Re: [Monotone-devel] setup creates _MTN/mtn.db

2010-05-09 Thread Marcin W. Dąbrowski
Hi. Just my 2¢ as a user. :) On 09 May 2010 02:48:42 +0200, Thomas Keller wrote: Maybe we could make it easier to extract, or better move an internalized database to an external place and vice versa, so people don't have to mess with _MTN/options by hand? One thing I don't like in mtn, is

Re: [Monotone-devel] setup creates _MTN/mtn.db

2010-05-09 Thread Thomas Keller
Am 09.05.10 01:28, schrieb hend...@topoi.pooq.com: On Sat, May 08, 2010 at 02:08:35PM +0200, Thomas Keller wrote: So let me repeat again, what I wanted to improve is the situation for first time users and I personally find a place like ~/.monotone/mtn.db not a good place at all (what if the

Re: [Monotone-devel] setup creates _MTN/mtn.db

2010-05-09 Thread Stephen Leake
Thomas Keller m...@thomaskeller.biz writes: Maybe we could make it easier to extract, or better move an internalized database to an external place and vice versa, so people don't have to mess with _MTN/options by hand? Then maybe $HOME/.monotone/databases/user-chosen-name.mtn is a good

Re: [Monotone-devel] setup creates _MTN/mtn.db

2010-05-08 Thread Thomas Keller
Am 08.05.10 13:44, schrieb Stephen Leake: A recent change lets setup init a new database _MTN/mtn.db if none is given. First, this needs to be documented in the manual; both that setup will init the database if it is not already, and that it provides a default name. Yes, I forgot that and

Re: [Monotone-devel] setup creates _MTN/mtn.db

2010-05-08 Thread Zack Weinberg
On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 5:08 AM, Thomas Keller m...@thomaskeller.biz wrote: Am 08.05.10 13:44, schrieb Stephen Leake: Second, what is the rationale, both for providing any default name, and choosing this particular name? The rationale is simply to make monotone less database-centric and

Re: [Monotone-devel] setup creates _MTN/mtn.db

2010-05-08 Thread hendrik
On Sat, May 08, 2010 at 02:08:35PM +0200, Thomas Keller wrote: Am 08.05.10 13:44, schrieb Stephen Leake: A recent change lets setup init a new database _MTN/mtn.db if none is given. First, this needs to be documented in the manual; both that setup will init the database if it is not

Re: [Monotone-devel] setup creates _MTN/mtn.db

2010-05-08 Thread Richard Levitte
In message 4be6066a.20...@thomaskeller.biz on Sun, 09 May 2010 02:48:42 +0200, Thomas Keller m...@thomaskeller.biz said: me Maybe we could make it easier to extract, or better move an me internalized database to an external place and vice versa, so people me don't have to mess with _MTN/options