Re: [Gnu-arch-users] tla update-config

[Jan Hudec]

On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 22:32:12 +0200, Gergely Nagy wrote:
> > > I've finally decided to stick my dirty little fingers into tla, and as
> > > an experiment, implement `update-config', which is like
> > > `build-config', but instead of rebuilding from scratch, calls update
> > > for each config entry.
> >  
> > update or replay? They are (almost) equivalent in results, but replay is
> > a LOT faster.
> 
> update - I don't remember why, that seemed more appropriate to me.

update == undo local changes + apply repository changes + redo local changes
replay == apply repository changes

Since order of application of non-conflicting patches (with common base)
is not important, only difference is what gets in rejects on conflicts.
That's not worth the extra work in most cases.

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