[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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