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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] get via update heuristics
From: |
Tom Lord |
Subject: |
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] get via update heuristics |
Date: |
Sun, 16 Nov 2003 16:45:14 -0800 (PST) |
> From: Robert Collins <address@hidden>
> I think it would be nice if update supported the same heuristic for
> desired revision retrieval as get does.
> Currently, with a config, to update the entire tree to be up-to-date
> with respect to another config, that other config needs version
> specifiers across the board.
> get doesn't: it'll fill in the gap from address@hidden/dists--devo
> to address@hidden/dists--devo--1.0
> If update did the same logic, it would help.
> Tom - any objection to this?
Yes.
Consider where I've used `get' to get dists--devo--1.0 but now there
is devo--devo--1.5. Update will do entirely the wrong thing.
I think that configs that omit version numbers are of distinct but
limited utility.
-t