Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: propagate by certing instead of creating a merge node

[Joel Rosdahl]

Bruce Stephens <address@hidden> writes:

> Joel Rosdahl <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Bruce Stephens <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> Propagate seems to have three cases.  If you're propagating from
>>> branch src to dst, then either:
>>> [...]
>>>    2. dst is an ancestor of src, in which case there's no merging to
>>>       be done: just add src to the dst branch
>>
>> I remember when this special case was introduced, and I also remember
>> wondering why it was introduced. Why is it in this case better to cert
>> the src head to the dst branch instead of creating a merge node?
>>
>> One advantage of creating a merge node is that it gets a state and a
>> log message of its own, which I think makes the intent of the action
>> more prominent. But I suppose that there is some disadvantage too?
>
> Yeah, I wonder whether it really makes sense.
> [...]

No comment from Nathaniel?

        Regards,
        Joel

-- 
Joel Rosdahl <address@hidden>
Key BB845E97; fingerprint 9F4B D780 6EF4 5700 778D  8B22 0064 F9FF BB84 5E97