[darcs-users] ANNOUNCE: vc-darcs.el version 1.9

[Juliusz Chroboczek]

>> Limitations:
>>
>>   - requires a Darcs 2.* binary;

> To clarify: it requires darcs 2.0.0 or higher -- but it still supports
> repositories in darcs-1 (old-fashioned-inventory) format?

Yes.  You need a Darcs 2 binary, but your repositories can be in any format
handled by your Darcs binary, present or future, as long as the convention
of having a ``_darcs'' directory under the root is respected.

>>   2. no files under _darcs are ever registered, except for files under
>>      _darcs/prefs.

> I looked at (info "(emacs)Registering") but I don't really understand
> what this means.

Registered means ``known to the revision control system''.  Registering is
the operation performed by ``darcs add'':

  (defun vc-darcs-register (file &optional rev comment)
    (vc-darcs-do-command 'add 0 file))

As long as you never do ``darcs add _darcs/whatever'' unless whatever
starts with ``prefs/'', you'll be fine.

                                        Juliusz