Re: [Monotone-devel] Questions about Monotone

[Daniel Carrera]

Derek Scherger wrote:
>     # Make two directories: main branch and testing.
>     mtn --db=foo.mtn --branch=com.foo.main setup main
>     mtn --db=foo.mtn --branch=com.foo.test setup test
>
>
> This will create two independent branches with no shared history which 
> cannot be merged.

Ooops. I'm glad I asked.


> Instead, just make the main branch and once you've 
> committed a few things to it, and need to make an actual branch for 
> feature development, check out the main branch to a new directory and 
> specify the --branch option to the first commit for the feature.
>
> i.e.
> $ cd main
> $ mtn co ../test
> $ cd ../test
> ... make some changes ...
> $ mtn commit --branch com.foo.test -m 'start work on feature X'
>
> This will set the branch for the test directory to com.foo.test on the 
> first commit there, after which you won't need to specify --branch again.

Thanks. And now I know a new command ("mtn co"). I'm slowly getting a 
feel for Monotone. It actually looks very easy to use. It's just a bit 
different from what I'm used to.


> Creating a branch like this is a bit awkward and it's relatively easy to 
> forget the --branch option on the first commit. Another way to deal with 
> this is to edit _MTN/options in the new (test) directory and set the 
> branch name there immediately after you check it out.

Thanks.

Cheers,
Daniel.