Re: RFC: mtn split (Was: [Monotone-devel] Best practice using monotone)

[Larry Hastings]

Chad Walstrom wrote:

I don't think this would be possible.  By the time you are inside the
editor to record your comment, monotone has already selected the files
to commit in the new revision.  The best you could do is abort the
commit by comparing the log template before and after.  If there were
any "MTN:" prefixes missing, abort.  If there was no comment, abort.

Surely it's possible.  How about:

1. Compare the MTN: prefixes in the comment against what mtn originally generated.
2. If they don't match:
1. Generate an "ignore list" of the files that were removed from the MTN: prefix lines.
   
2. Throw away the current calculated whatever ("changeset"? "revision"?).
3. Generate a new whatever, but this time ignore all files on the "ignore list".
   
3. Submit the whatever.
   

And don't call me Shirley,


larry