Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Tla spork

[James Blackwell]

>     > From: address@hidden (James Blackwell)
>
>     > The problem with "tla fork" as a command is that the word sounds much
>     > too deep and serious. "Ohhh. I don't want to fork this guy. I just want
>     > to work on my local copy". A spork, on the other hand, is one of
>     > humanity's best jokes. Even better, conceptually, a "spork" is basically
>     > a fork with really shallow prongs. 
 
Tom Lord wrote:
> Oh, please, please, please leave the identifier "spork" for me?!?!
>
> I mean, that's funny as hell and I think i have a great use for it but
> it's a little hard to explain right at this instant.   
>
> Can I reserve "spork" for 6m?  :-)

Ok. I can give you spork (I'll use tla diverge). But now you owe me a
favor. Some day, you'll have to do something for me that may seem...
unpleasant.

I was hoping to use it for the following: 

  tla get address@hidden/tla--devo tlt && cd tlt
  <hack hack hack>
  [vi `tla make-log`]
  tla --spork [qualified version] [-L "Log message"]
     which performs:
     1. tla undo
     2. tla tag -S address@hidden/tla--devo--1.3
     3. tla join-branch  address@hidden/tla--devo--1.3
     4. tla set-tree-version address@hidden/tla--devo--1.3
     5. tla redo
     6. tla commit

I'd hate to give up the word for something that could really be used
today for something else that might happen in six months.


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