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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>
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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


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