[darcs-users] Re: Where Arch is going

[Florian Weimer]

* John Goerzen:

> While we're at it, I've never quite understood the utility of
> amend-record, unrecord, etc.  It seems that they would likely cause
> major breakage if used on a repo that anyone else ever pulls or pushes
> to/from.  What is the usage scenario for them, and what makes them so
> very useful?

They are dangerous, but given that you can undo mistakes before
publishing because of the two-stage commit model (first local commit,
then push), people *will* edit their local history to fix things.  Why
not make their life easier, by providing suitable commands?