[darcs-users] Darcs 2 compatibility with version 1 (was Help with darcs push)

Eric Kow kowey at darcs.net
Sun Sep 7 21:34:19 UTC 2008


> My question is (so that I can feel justified recommending upgrading to
> darcs 2), is darcs 2 completely compatible with darcs 1? If there are
> users on the server that still use darcs 1 and darcs 1 style
> repositories, would they notice any difference if the version
> installed suddenly changed to version 2?

Yes.  You can see darcs 2 as just a better darcs 1 if you want.

You get some extra benefits if you use hashed repositories (robustness)
or darcs 2 repositories (which are also hashed, but not compatible), but
it's not obligatory.  Even without these format changes, darcs 2 should
provide a better experience.

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Eric Kow <http://www.nltg.brighton.ac.uk/home/Eric.Kow>
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