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Re: [Monotone-devel] [PATCH] head selector
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Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker |
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Re: [Monotone-devel] [PATCH] head selector |
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Sun, 26 Jun 2005 23:35:07 +0200 (CEST) |
In message <address@hidden> on Sun, 26 Jun 2005 14:54:07 -0500, Brian Downing
<address@hidden> said:
bdowning> On Sun, Jun 26, 2005 at 09:36:51PM +0200, Richard Levitte - VMS
Whacker wrote:
bdowning> > Hmm, that sounds like trying to make a rational
bdowning> > explanation for something that's less than intuitive. Or
bdowning> > maybe it's me, but if I way "update to that branch", I
bdowning> > really want that to happen, whether the head of that
bdowning> > branch is a decendent of my current revision or not.
bdowning>
bdowning> I agree, it totally violates the principle of least suprise
bdowning> in my opinion... EXCEPT for the case where you have
bdowning> multiple parallel lines of development going on in the same
bdowning> branch - then that behavior is pretty much required.
That's when monotone should tell the user that the branch has several
heads and that he/she has to make a choice, using --revision. I see
absolutely nothing wrong with that. But then, h: meaning "head of
branch" doesn't make much difference either.
Cheers,
Richard
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- [Monotone-devel] [PATCH] head selector, Brian Downing, 2005/06/26
- Re: [Monotone-devel] [PATCH] head selector, Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker, 2005/06/26
- Re: [Monotone-devel] [PATCH] head selector, Brian Downing, 2005/06/26
- Re: [Monotone-devel] [PATCH] head selector, Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker, 2005/06/26
- Re: [Monotone-devel] [PATCH] head selector, Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker, 2005/06/26
- Re: [Monotone-devel] [PATCH] head selector, Brian Downing, 2005/06/26
- Re: [Monotone-devel] [PATCH] head selector, Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker, 2005/06/26
- Re: [Monotone-devel] [PATCH] head selector, Brian Downing, 2005/06/26
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