Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: Deleting branches

[Christof Petig]

Peter Simons schrieb:
> Graydon Hoare writes:
>
>  >   - require you to go around telling everyone to do the erase
>  >     too (or hope that you haven't sync'ed before erasing)
>
> This would suffice for my needs. Also, let's not forget
> renaming of branches. If I could rename branches, I would
> hardly need deletion, actually.

Once an idea came to me to design a cert which replaces the value of 
another cert (once trusted). This was never discussed (though I 
mentioned it somewhere). [Another possibility is a cert which 
invalidates another one and a second one with the new value]

Obvious implications:
  cert lookup might get less efficient (though manageable by "caching" 
visibility info in another column in the database)
  I don't know how well netsync is able to cope with this

Obvious use:
  ChangeLog alteration
  branch alteration
  author email change
  etc.

Since no data is lost (only hidden) I do not think this defeats the 
purpose of a version control system (or conflicts with netsync's design).

    Christof

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