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

[Andrew Suffield]

On Mon, May 31, 2004 at 11:37:54PM -0400, Colin Walters wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-05-31 at 20:28, Andrew Suffield wrote:
> > On Mon, May 31, 2004 at 09:42:19AM -0400, Colin Walters wrote:
> > > I know for sure I've wanted the "recursive" directory in subdirectory
> > > .arch-inventory files before.  Of course declaring the default
> > > tagging-method inside a subdirectory .arch-inventory would be a bug. 
> > 
> > Actually, is there a good reason why not? This seems to be a fairly
> > simple thing to handle.
> 
> I think I read this too quickly - you're saying that users should be
> able to redeclare the tagging-method in a subdirectory?
> 
> I guess it would be possible to implement, but it seems kind of like a
> crack feature to me.  Can anyone think of a situation where it would be
> reasonable to use?

Take an entire project tree using tagline, drop it in the middle of an
explicit tree, and delete its {arch} directory.

It's really neat for transitions to a different project structure.

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