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Re: vc-update for bzr etc.
From: |
Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
Re: vc-update for bzr etc. |
Date: |
Sun, 21 Nov 2010 21:04:28 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
>>> So the full functionality for Bzr should be something like this:
>>> - If it's a bound branch, do bzr update.
>>> - Otherwise, if there is a default pull location, prompt for a location
>>> and do "bzr merge --pull".
>>> - Otherwise, just do "bzr merge --pull" to use the default location.
>>> Does this sound right?
>>
>> If it's not bound, it should just use "bzr pull" without prompting
>> the user, IMO.
> The "bzr pull" operation only works if the branches have not diverged.
> If the vc pull operation corresponds to "bzr pull", then what would it
> do in git? IIUC, git pulls perform merging automatically, so if vc-pull
> does "bzr pull" in bzr and "git pull" in git, it would be doing two
> different things.
> That's why I thought the closest common denominator would be to use
> bzr's "merge --pull".
VC tries to present a uniform UI and that is good, but trying to impose
a uniform semantics to all commands is asking too much. So I think it's
perfectly OK for vc-pull/update to do "bzr pull" for Bzr and
"git pull" for Git, even if they don't do exactly the same thing.
Stefan
- vc-update for bzr etc., Chong Yidong, 2010/11/21
- Re: vc-update for bzr etc., Andreas Schwab, 2010/11/21
- Re: vc-update for bzr etc., Dan Nicolaescu, 2010/11/21
- Re: vc-update for bzr etc., Chong Yidong, 2010/11/21
- Re: vc-update for bzr etc., Stefan Monnier, 2010/11/21
- Re: vc-update for bzr etc., Chong Yidong, 2010/11/21
- Re: vc-update for bzr etc.,
Stefan Monnier <=
- Re: vc-update for bzr etc., Stephen J. Turnbull, 2010/11/21
- Re: vc-update for bzr etc., Thien-Thi Nguyen, 2010/11/22
- Re: vc-update for bzr etc., Stephen J. Turnbull, 2010/11/22
- Re: vc-update for bzr etc., Stefan Monnier, 2010/11/22
- Re: vc-update for bzr etc., Chong Yidong, 2010/11/22
- Re: vc-update for bzr etc., Stephen J. Turnbull, 2010/11/23
- Re: vc-update for bzr etc., Stefan Monnier, 2010/11/23
- Re: vc-update for bzr etc., Chong Yidong, 2010/11/21
- Re: vc-update for bzr etc., Dan Nicolaescu, 2010/11/22
- Re: vc-update for bzr etc., Stefan Monnier, 2010/11/22