[darcs-devel] Darcs and git: plan of action

[David Roundy]

On Thu, Apr 21, 2005 at 12:02:26AM -0700, Kannan Goundan wrote:
> So, if I understand correctly, Git creates dependencies all over the
> place, practially linearizing everything.  When Darcs interacts with
> Git, it will also have to obey the dependencies introduced by Git. 
> This will stop the replace patch from affecting future changes.
>
> If this is correct, wouldn't the replace patch be useless when the
> primary repo is a Git repo?

The replace patch would be helpful if a merge is done by a darcs user.  If
it's done by a git user, it'd be less helpful.  So if there's only one
darcs user, the replace won't do any good, but if you've got multiple darcs
users out there, it could be helpful.
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David Roundy
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