[darcs-users] Any darcs 2 incompatibilities when using the old fashioned repo format?

Mark Stosberg mark at summersault.com
Thu Aug 14 17:15:13 UTC 2008


On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:42:53 -0600
zooko <zooko at zooko.com> wrote:

> It's really unfortunate how confusing the situation is with backwards  
> compatibility.
> 
> I guess Max's matrix needs to be extended to show which repo formats  
> can exchange patches with which other repo formats.
> 
> The answer is that if you are using darcs-1-executable then you can,  
> of course, only push or pull patches with darcs-1-format repos.  If  
> you are using darcs-2-executable then you can push and pull patches  
> to/from darcs-1-format repos to hashed-format repos, but you can't  
> push or pull patches to/from darcs-2-format repos and any other  
> format of repo.
> 
> Make sense?

Yes! Thank you. 

I think I had grasp this in the past, but was feeling more optimistic
today about what might be possible.

I have a clear path forward now. 

    Mark




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