Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: [RFC] move unversioned files out of the way

[Stephen Leake]

Bruce Stephens <address@hidden> writes:

> address@hidden writes:
>
>> On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 12:09:20PM +0200, Thomas Keller wrote:
>>> Stephen Leake schrieb:
>>> > Thomas Keller <address@hidden> writes:
>>> > 
>>> >> A annoyance for me has always been that monotone can't switch to another
>>> >> workspace 
>>> > 
>>> > I think you mean "switch to another branch/revision in the same 
>>> > workspace".
>>> 
>>> Yep, you're right. It was late that day...
>>
>> I'm having difficulty understanding the rationale for this feature.
>> What I wonder is, why not start a new workspace for a different branch?
>
> It depends how big/costly a workspace is, and why you want to visit a
> different branch.

I heartily agree; the main cost of a new workspace for me is compiling it.

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-- Stephe