Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: darcs vs tla

[Adrian Irving-Beer]

On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 12:38:04PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote:

> I personally like the `tagline' tagging-method and see no reason why you'd
> ever want soemthing else: it includes the `explicit' method (the one used
> by darcs) as a special case, and it also includes the `names' method (the
> one used by CVS) as a special case, so it's the best of all
> possible worlds.

I know about the explicit thing, but I never knew tagline included
'names'.  Is that if you set 'untagged-source source' (a somewhat
humourous declaration)?

> 
> It should be improved in the following way, tho:
> 1 - it should be possible to move an arch-id from .arch-ids/foo.id to
>     a tagline in the file `foo' and back.  Currently, the namespace of
>     arch-ids that are in taglines is speparate from the namespace of
>     arch-ids that are in .arch-ids/*.id files.  This means that if you're
>     in a situation where a tagline can't be used any more or the other way
>     around, you're screwed.
> 2 - `tla add foo' should know how to add taglines (probably with a
>     {arch}/=tagline-rules file associating file name regexps to commenting
>     rules.)
> 
> Number 2 is a mere matter of programming.
> Number 1 can't be fixed without changing the archive format :-(
> 
> > I have come to appreciate with darcs not have to manage these at all. 
> 
> You don't have to manage them either with tla.  Just use `tla add foo',
> `tla mv foo', `tla rm foo', ... just as you do with `darcs'.
> 
> >> mv and darcs mv are about the same. But you can't use a GUI navigator 
> >> and have it run darcs mv.
> > I would say it would be as easy as building one that could run 'tla mv'.
> > :)
> 
> But if you use taglines, `mv' is all you need ;-)
> 
> 
>         Stefan
> 
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