[darcs-users] Leaving certain files different

[Lst Recv]

Hmmm... a bit too tricky for someone trying to learn darcs' ropes.  I
guess I'll stick with the "measure twice, cut once" for now - but this
may be a usability point that the developers might like to address...


On 11/15/05, Tommy Pettersson <ptp at lysator.liu.se> wrote:
>
> Now I've read your initial question more carefully, sorry for
> leading astray at first.  Messing with _darcs/patches/pending
> is only good for unrecorded changes.
>
> 'darcs remove file' will create a patch in pending, that when
> recorded removes the file from pristine, without removing
> it from working, which is exactly what you want. However,
> when this patch is pulled/pushed somewhere, it _will_ remove
> the file from the working dir in the target repo, which is
> _not_ what you want. I don't think there is a convenient way
> around this problem yet.  You'll have to remove the patches
> that adds the config file (and the history of it) in every
> repo manually.  First unrecord the patch that creates the
> config file.  That will bring the patch to pending.  Then use
> 'darcs remove' to cancel the addfile from pending (as David
> suggested -- I was unaware of this feature) but leaves the
> file intact in working.
>
>
> --
> Tommy Pettersson <ptp at lysator.liu.se>
>