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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Tutorial question
From: |
Miles Bader |
Subject: |
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Tutorial question |
Date: |
Tue, 24 Feb 2004 15:38:16 -0500 |
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Mutt/1.3.28i |
On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 01:51:58PM -0600, Charles Duffy wrote:
> > "An archive name consists of an email address, followed by two dashes,
> > followed by a suffix."
>
> It experimentally appears that, at minimum, an @ is required. That said,
> this convention is a Good Thing: Using email addresses increases the
> chances of archive names being globally unique, which is itself a
> desirable property for a number of quite good reasons.
It's also extremely convenient for scripts: they can tell whether the user
specified an archive without a branch name, or a branch name without an
archive.
-Miles
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