[darcs-users] darcs patch: Fixed typo (and 1 more)

Trent W. Buck trentbuck at gmail.com
Wed Aug 13 02:12:10 UTC 2008


Grant Husbands <darcsusers at grant.x43.net> writes:

> Simon Michael wrote:
>>> "You should not unrecord, amend or re-record patches which have already 
>>> propagated to other repositories, as these changes are local only. (To 
>>> change recorded patches in a way that propagates, record an additional 
>>> patch or use darcs rollback.)"
> Peter B. West wrote:
>> Even this change takes a bit of parsing.
> and:
>> However, I don' know enough about the issues to suggest a better 
>> wording. The more I think about it, the more uncertain I become.
>
> Maybe something less prescriptive would work, like this:
>
> "Patches that have been either unrecorded and re-recorded or amended
> will conflict with previous copies of the patch, where they meet."

+1

Rather than just saying "you shouldn't do this," saying "this <bad
thing> will happen if you do this."



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