Re: [Monotone-devel] list unknown fails

[Derek Scherger]

Kevin Greiner wrote:
> I'm working on "vendor branches" and have encountered a specific error 
> that feels like a bug. In fact, I think I'm seeing the same problem 
> reported here 
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/monotone-devel/2005-02/msg00061.html 
> but as that question didn't get a response.
>
> I found that I need to drop the missing files and directories prior to 
> adding the unknown ones. In the following message, the bar directory was 
> deleted in the working copy. Here is the message.
>
>  >monotone list unknown
> monotone: misuse: file disappeared but exists in new manifest: 
> src/foo/bar/bang.c
>
> Is this generally understood and correct behavior?

well... it's building the current manifest so that other files that 
aren't mentioned in this can be considered as unknown and it can't build 
this manifest when some files in it don't currently exist. so yeah, I 
think this is currently "correct" behaviour however it is somewhat 
questionable.

I've wondered a bit whether an alternate form of the status command 
might list all files and their current status: unknown, ignored, 
missing, current, changed, renamed etc...

HTH

Cheers,
Derek