[darcs-devel] Again: conversion to darcs-3

[Ian Lynagh]

On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 07:51:53PM +0100, Ben Franksen wrote:
> Am 20.02.21 um 17:35 schrieb Ian Lynagh:
>
> The main question is whether we want to preserve the information from
> the old patches indefinitely e.g. when cloning a converted repo.
> 
> Is manual inspection of a V1 or V2 conflictor useful enough to warrant a
> permanent increase in the effective patch size for all converted
> patches?

It could also be optional whether to keep it or not.

> At least I would want to have a way to /eventually/ get rid of that
> baggage, e.g. with an option to clone a repo such that it forgets about
> it all. This is only possible if we keep it separate from the actual
> patches though.

You'd be free to throw it away whenever you want; it's just text for
human consumption.


Thanks
IAn