Re: [Monotone-devel] Feature request: mtn rebase

[Daniel Carrera]

Nathaniel Smith wrote:
> NB that you probably can't implement this in a fully correct way in
> Lua, because you need to move any pending adds/drops/renames so that
> they apply to the new base revision; just changing the base_revision
> field won't do that.  If all you have are file edits, then things may
> be fine; otherwise there's a chance of your workspace becoming
> inconsistent, and subsequent mtn commands will notice this and refuse
> to work.
>
> It would be quite easy to implement in mtn itself, though, because it
> has all the high-level code for handling file trees already.  Just do
> something like (untested):

Any chance that someone who already knows the sources could implement 
this feature? It would be a lot easier for you than it is for me. I only 
began using Monotone on Wednesday. The fact that I already understand as 
much as I do is a testament to its design and documentation. But still, 
it's only 2 days.

Daniel.