Re: [Monotone-devel] Ideas and questions.

[Jeremy Fincher]

On Feb 14, 2005, at 7:55 AM, Logan Sackette wrote:

> If the name can be changed, that would be nice.  But I
> would rather see more effort place on storing multiple
> projects in one database.  I like how SVN has one
> database (though you can have multiple databases) for
> multiple projects.

My only fear with using a single database for all the projects is the 
standard fear of "putting all my eggs in one basket."

> We can also use a ~/.monotone (.mtn) directory to
> store info about the databases being used.  That way,
> we don't have to worry about where the user is
> relative to checked-out directory.  SVN and other VCs
> have solved such problems, so we certainly can.
>
> A better solution, would be to store information about
> the database being used in each subdirectory upon
> checkout or when a directory/directory-tree is added.
> That way, a person is free to blow away a directory
> they were playing in without having to worry about
> cleaning up the ~/.monotone (.mtn) directory.

Ideally, I think when mtn is run from a directory, it could search 
upwards in the directory tree until it finds an MT/ directory, and then 
use that directory, which holds the configuration for each working 
directory already.  I know this is what Darcs does, and it seems both 
reasonable and intuitive.

Jeremy