[darcs-users] pulling a patch without conflict make darcs "hang"

[Gaetan Lehmann]

On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 17:39:50 +0200, <zooko at zooko.com> wrote:

>
>> Please, can someone help me ?
>> Or can someone point me to a page or an older discussion which discribe  
>> =20
>> how to solve this problem ?
>> I'm completely stuck for now :-(
>
> It is the worst problem in darcs as it currently exists, and I think it  
> is the
> most Frequently Asked Cry For Help.  Someone ought to write up a proper
> treatment for the docs or something, but it appears that nobody has time.
> Here's an incomplete essay that I started writing which includes a little
> information about your problem:
>
> http://zooko.com/darcs_demystified.html
>
> Skip to the end for mention of your problem and (in very general terms)  
> the
> workaround.
>
> For more specific suggestions (also from me), see
>
> http://www.abridgegame.org/pipermail/darcs-users/2005-April/007231.html
> http://www.abridgegame.org/pipermail/darcs-users/2005-May/007600.html
>
> My understanding of the underlying problem is incomplete, so my advice  
> on how
> to work around it might be inaccurate, but it has worked for me.   
> Someone who
> actually understands the problem should probably post a workaround.
>

Thanks for your reply.

Your links help a lot to understand that darcs can't be used in my case. I  
will frequently have conflict, and removing conflicting patches in my case  
is really to much work.
It seems the problem of "doppleganger patches" will not be fixed soon so I  
will have to switch to another vcs :'-(
I hope darcs will solve that problem in the future. Without that, it will  
be unusable in lots of projects

Gaetan

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