Sv: [darcs-users] Get started in Windows

[Svend]

Thank you Steve

I have briefly tried the context-file method you described. It seems to be
exactly what I needed!

Can someone add it to the "Getting started"?

And yes, you spelled my first name as it is pronounced. The "d" is not
pronounced.

Kind regards

Svend Grønlund
Græshøjvej 8
DK-2640 Hedehusene

--------- Original Besked --------
fra: steve.gardner at solitonit.com
Til: darcs-users at darcs.net <darcs-users at darcs.net>
Emne: Sv: [darcs-users] Get started in Windows
Dato: 13/09/06 11:59

> 
> On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 09:51,  Sven Grønlund wrote:
> 
> > Then you talk about another repository? Well, I imagine, that somehow I
> > should let other developers have a copy of my newly created, not yet
> > changed, repository? Or should they just have a copy of the files, and
then
> > create their own repository the same way?
> 
> You can all just run "darcs init" in empty directories. After that,
> you can start recording and sending patches.
> 
> The "No recorded local changes to send!" message you saw was not very
> accurate. It should have been something like:
>   "I can't send without knowing what is in the destination repository"
> 
> Below are some tips on using darcs in a low-tech way, without a
> web server, using email attachments to exchange bundles of patches
> that are applied manually using "darcs apply".
> 
> If you just want to send a bundle of patches to another developer
> (called "D") as an email attachment, you need to tell "darcs send"
> about the state of D's repository.
> 
> You could keep a local mirror of D's repository (say, in directory
> D), and use "darcs send --output=mywork.bundle D". Then you can
> email the bundle to D. Once D has applied it, you can update your
> mirror with "darcs push D".
> 
> An alternative to maintaining a mirror of D's repository is to keep a
> context file - created using "darcs changes --context > D.context" at
> times when your repository matches D's. Then, after recording changes,
> you can make a bundle with
> "darcs send --context=D.context --output=mywork.bundle". Once D has
> applied it, update the context with
> "darcs changes --context > D.context" again.
> 
> We use the context file method and find it very effective. One problem
> we had was email clients corrupting bundles. To get around this, we
> compress the bundles (using 7-Zip on Windows) before sending.
> 
> I hope this is useful
> 
> Best regards
> Steve Gardner
> 
> 
> > Yes, I did the darcs record as stated in the "Getting started".
> >
> > Then you talk about another repository? Well, I imagine, that somehow I
> > should let other developers have a copy of my newly created, not yet
> > changed, repository? Or should they just have a copy of the files, and
then
> > create their own repository the same way? There seem to be a missing
ling in
> > the manual - or maybe I'm just too  slow!
> >
> > Kind regards
> > Svend Grønlund
> >
> > --------- Original Besked --------
> > fra: Miroslav Kure <kurem at upcase.inf.upol.cz
<http://www.abridgegame.org/mailman/listinfo/darcs-users>>
> > Til: darcs-users at darcs.net
<http://www.abridgegame.org/mailman/listinfo/darcs-users> <darcs-users at
darcs.net <http://www.abridgegame.org/mailman/listinfo/darcs-users>>
> > Emne: Re: [darcs-users] Get started in Windows
> > Dato: 12/09/06 15:10
> >
> > >/ 
> > />/ On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 02:14:35PM +0200, Svend wrote:
> > />/ > 
> > />/ > I can create a repository and add some files; but how do I
communicate
> > /this
> > >/ > first version to others?
> > />/ 
> > />/ You can just upload it on your web site and the others will *pull*
your
> > />/ version.
> > />/ 
> > />/ > I tried the darsc send command, but it insist on
> > />/ > "No recorded local changes to send!"
> > />/ 
> > />/ First, did you do darcs record after adding the files?
> > />/ Second, *where* are you trying to send the patches? There is no
other
> > />/ repository with your tree...
> > />/ 
> > />/ -- 
> > />/ Miroslav Kure
> > />/ 
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