[darcs-devel] [issue447] Patch Shelf feature

[Kevin Quick]

This is precisely the scenario that the pull --complement is intended
to address.

Basically, you have repository A and your friend has repository B, and
he has a patch Bn that you don't want in your working repository A.
Simply create another local repository of yours, called C.  When you
identify a patch that you don't want in A (in this case, Bn), pull it
into C instead.  Whenever you pull patches from A to B, just complement
that against C:

$ cd A
$ darcs pull --complement /path/to/B ../C

Any patch that is in B but not in A or C is a candidate for pulling;
since Bn is in C, it is removed from the available set for pulls.

-KQ

On Tue, 01 May 2007 10:21:16 +0000, Joachim Breitner <bugs at darcs.net>
wrote:

>
> New submission from Joachim Breitner <mail at joachim-breitner.de>:
>
> I recently did my first experiments with darcs: A friend of mine and I hacked on
> the same code, and by giving each other access to one’s darcs repository, we
> could easily exchange our new code.
>
> One problem I had was that my friend recorded a patch that I did not want
> applied in my repository. Nothing else depended on it, so I could just say no
> everytime I use “darcs pull”, but it’s still a hassle. Also, imagine that I’m
> somewhere else and I suddently decide that I do want the patch?
>
> A similar problem would be if I created some patches that I temporarily don’t
> want applied. I could branch, and then unpull them, but this is a bit too much work.
>
> In both cases a “patch shelve” would be handy. A seperate storage for patches in
> my repository that are available, but not applied. I’d imagine that the “darcs
> pull” command would then allow me to “pull and put on the shelf”, and not offer
> me this patch again. There would also be “put on shelf” and “get from shelf”
> commands. So if anyone feels like hacking on darcs, this feature would be
> appreciated.
>
> ----------
> messages: 1665
> nosy: EricKow, beschmi, droundy, nomeata, tommy
> priority: wishlist
> status: unread
> title: Patch Shelf feature
>
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