[darcs-users] Re: Initial impressions of darcs

[Björn Lindström]

Kevin Smith <yarcs at qualitycode.com> writes:

> Aside from my irrational reasons, I view branch handling as very
> important for platforms that do not have hard links (MS Windows and
> cheap, ftp-only web hosts come to mind). In those cases, darcs
> branches are really expensive, as well as being confusing to manage
> (which they are on all platforms).
>
> Scott's proposal (configurations via patchlines) sounds promising to
> me. Without some capability like that, darcs won't meet my needs.

I would like to wildly disagree. For me, darcs straight-forward handling
of branches (namely - not handling them) is one of the main reasons for
me liking it so much. It's not the only instance of darcs trading file
for disc space efficiency - but in these days, does it really matter?