[darcs-devel] Proposal for new format to store patch files

Ian Lynagh igloo at earth.li
Thu Jun 2 08:19:13 PDT 2005


On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 01:41:25AM +0100, Ian Lynagh wrote:

> However you'll have to get the repoformat info there (which doesn't
> exist yet) so you know whether you are meant to be writing in the old
> format or the new format.

In fact, I think it's simplest if we always write it, and then it's safe
to use it as long as the modification time is >= the modification time
of the patch file. The patch file itself can be the same format
regardless of whether an index is being written.


Thanks
Ian





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