[darcs-users] darcs patch: Hide the inefficient "darcs put" command.

Dan Pascu dan at ag-projects.com
Sat Dec 6 16:10:00 UTC 2008


On Saturday 06 December 2008, Trent W. Buck wrote:
> > IMO, it's less useful to have a lazy put (maybe it should be there
> > for symmetry), because the use target for put is a bit different
> > from get.  [...] Put OTOH, is mostly used to setup a central
> > repository for syncing between multiple disconnected developers.
>
> Surely put is mostly used that way BECAUSE that's the only case for
> which get is not a superior alternative.  If put actually did
> something significant, it would actually BE symmetrical with get and
> it would be useful to use it for local lazy branches.

Please tell me how do you plan to make a reverse ssh connection (and to 
what uri), if a repo is put over ssh in lazy mode and someone tries to 
pull from it? Because I do not believe that you can achieve complete 
symmetry except for local copies (where I agree it can be optimized)?

-- 
Dan


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