[Gnu-arch-users] Re: Making --setup default in tag and import

[Stefan Monnier]

>> > But does that cover all cases? What if someone else on the same machine
>> > points directly at an archive you classify as private but isn't?
>> 
>> As already pointed out, the better way to handle it is not to disallow
>> mirroring, but to propagate history changes through mirroring, just like
>> any other change.  The "Supercedes" header of NNTP is a good
>> starting point.

> Wouldn't that still mean that if people tagged off the pre-changed
> history, things will break horribly?

Obviously, there's going to be situations where the right thing to do can't
be guessed.  So, yes, undoing revision N can only be easily done if there is
no existing subsequent revision (whether N+1 in the same branch or some
other continuation tag in some other branch).


        Stefan