[darcs-users] checkpoints in darcs-2 repositories

[Nicolas Pouillard]

Excerpts from trentbuck's message of Wed Nov 26 12:32:24 +0100 2008:
> Petr tells me that
> 
>   - get --partial on a darcs-1 repo copies patches since the last
>     checkpoint.

I think so.

>   - get --lazy on a darcs-2 repo copies *no* patches initially; all
>     patches are copied on demand.

Yes it copies pristine only.

>   - darcs-2 repos don't support --partial semantics, and for darcs-2
>     repos --partial is probably an alias for --lazy behaviour.

Yes.

> Does this mean that checkpoints of a darcs-2 repo are totally useless?

Yes.

> If so, can we please make darcs optimize --checkpoint on a darcs-2
> repository a no-op?

Would be nice indeed.

> Currently I have checkpoint in my ~/.darcs/defaults
> and so I'm creating around 20MB of checkpoints that (apparently) are
> never used.

:(

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Nicolas Pouillard aka Ertai