[darcs-users] so long and thanks for all the darcs

[Karl O. Pinc]

On Sun, 4 Mar 2018 12:04:01 +0100
Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer at nic.fr> wrote:

> * no branches. Don't add them! The one-branch-per-repo model is much
> better

Thinking out loud here.

If I had to vote today I'd say:

  -1 on branches in the default darcs

  Perhaps being able to point to various repos in the
  darcs configuration and call them "branches" might be
  cool.  But come to think of it it's probably better
  to just call them repositories and add options to,
  say, the diff sub-command to be able to handle
  other repositories.  Maybe provide some short-hand for
  repo naming and call that short-hand label a "branch"
  name.  Seems like checking out a "branch" is just
  switching your defaultrepo.  

  Anyway, adding what
  amounts to a lot of syntatic sugar into the default
  darcs does not appeal.  One way to do something is always
  less confusing than many ways to do the same thing.

  +1 on tracking date/owner of original commit in the default darcs

Karl <kop at meme.com>
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