Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: Poll: another possible problem migrating to rosters

[Nathaniel Smith]

On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 11:44:44AM +0100, Wim Oudshoorn wrote:
> Nathaniel Smith <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > In monotone, it used to be possible to import two totally different
> > copies of a project, and then later decide to merge them, producing a
> > graph that looks like:
> >    A   B
> >    |   |
> >    C   D
> >     \ /
> >      E
> > i.e., E is descended from multiple graph roots.
> 
> I use that in my personal projects and at work.  

Could you give more details on why and how you use it, to help us
understand what would be the best way to migrate your work?

> Not being allowed to do that feels constraining to me, and
> migrating to a scheme which does not allow this might be very
> hard to do.

Yes, it seems tricky; that's why I was hoping everyone would say "oh,
of course we don't do that, don't worry about it" :-).  Apparently
we're not so lucky...

-- Nathaniel

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