[Gnu-arch-users] Re: Arch revision namespace

[Matthieu Moy]

Mikhael Goikhman <address@hidden> writes:

> And how exactly adding a completely random suffix to the namespace makes
> it non-bogus and maybe more intuitive?

Not sure I got all of Tom's idea, but if you add a checksum suffix to
the namespace, then ifever you recreate a branch with the same
userdefined part, it won't have the same checksum part.

So, if X creates a branch "foo" twice, and Y merges from the second
"foo" after merging from the first "foo", his RCS won't tell him "No,
I've already merged those patches", but will merge as if it were
different branches.

Similarly, X won't get a corrupt archive if he forgot to clear his
arch cache or his revision library.

-- 
Matthieu