Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 10:51:00 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: nate@yogotech.com (Nate Williams), Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net>, "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>, Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai@FreeBSD.org>, Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>, Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org>, Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org>, Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/games/fortune/datfiles fortunes Message-ID: <200008231651.KAA12190@nomad.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <200008231648.KAA02382@billy-club.village.org> References: <200008231604.KAA11402@nomad.yogotech.com> <20000814003636.A74639@pavilion.net> <200008140753.AAA08038@netplex.com.au> <20000819124824.E88550@lucifer.bart.nl> <20000822161835.B807@dragon.nuxi.com> <20000823091714.D650@pavilion.net> <200008231648.KAA02382@billy-club.village.org>
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> : > The per-commit id is also going in. Question is what kind of format > : > if should be. It could be an integer counter, or a YYYYMMDD-CID (commit > : > id) type. Preferences? > : > : The latter, unless you've figured out a way to have the counter updated > : on a per-branch basis. (Counters should only be incremented when a file > : on that branch is touched, else keeping track of the 'state' of the tree > : is too difficult.) > > Actually, having a strict incremental counter is fine, even with > branching. If I make a commit to branch X that is number 100, an then > 20 commits happen on the main line, and than I make another commit on > branch X (now commit number 121) branch X happens to be the same for > numbers 100-120, but I don't see that being a big deal. Unfortunately, it makes it difficult to know how many 'changes' have gone on since you last updated. Plus, you don't necessarily know *which* change you are on when you CVSup the tree, since the counter is not kept as part of the repository. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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