[darcs-users] post-hoc move

[Hamish Allan]

On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Lele Gaifax<lele at nautilus.homeip.net> wrote:

> As you can see, both the explicit move of "a -> a.txt" and the
> "retrospective" one "b -> b.txt" had the same effect on the recorded
> patch, no new option is required IMHO.

After further experimentation, it seems the problem is caused by
trying to "darcs move" a file to an as-yet-unadded directory:

$ mkdir test
$ cd test
$ darcs init
$ echo "contents" > file
$ darcs add file
$ darcs wh -l
A ./file
$ darcs record -a -m "first"
Finished recording patch 'first'
$ mkdir dir
$ mv file dir/file

Now, if I add the directory before attempting the darcs move:

$ darcs add dir
$ darcs move file dir/file
$ darcs wh -l
 ./file -> ./dir/file
A ./dir/
$ darcs record -a -m "second"
Finished recording patch 'second'

No problem. Whereas if I forget to add the directory before attempting
the darcs move, but add it when reminded: (preamble repeated but
omitted)

$ darcs move file dir/file
darcs failed:  The target directory dir isn't known in working
directory, did you forget to add it?
$ darcs add dir
$ darcs move file dir/file
darcs failed:  There is no file or dir named file in the repository.
$ darcs wh -l
A ./dir/
R ./file
a ./dir/file

Is this a bug, or my misunderstanding?

Thanks,
Hamish