Re: Rollback problems

[Ludovic Courtès]

Nikita Karetnikov <address@hidden> skribis:

>>  3. More generally, should the history of generations be linear, or
>>     should it be a DAG like Git commits?
>
> If the latter is the case, then we can probably use a simple tree.  Here
> is a related link: [1].

Right, if we went for a tree, each manifest could carry some sort of a
zipper that would then allow us to know how to go back from there.

>> Regarding (3), it seems that a linear history not only simplifies the
>> implementation, but also the user interface, while covering most
>> practical use cases.
>
> I agree.

Great.  It really seems simpler to use a linear history.

Thanks,
Ludo’.