[Gnu-arch-users] Re: unifying =tagging-method and .arch-inventory

[Stefan Monnier]

> Two reasons.  First of all, I use "explicit" on projects where I don't
> want people to use taglines.
> Having everything consistent is nicer.

You could just as well tell them not to use taglines.

> Also, explicit will be faster of course, since it doesn't need to read
> two blocks from every file.

If tagline first checks the .arch-ids directory, it shouldn't make any
difference, should it?

> Second, the "names" method is probably useful on trees where you can't
> add metadata like .arch-ids or tagline content for whatever reason; this
> came up a while back but I forget what the scenario was exactly.

Isn't "tagline" a proper superset of "names" as well?


        Stefan