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Re: [Monotone-devel] empty commit / question from Datakko
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Tom Tromey |
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Re: [Monotone-devel] empty commit / question from Datakko |
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24 May 2004 11:30:25 -0600 |
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Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 |
>>>>> "Nico" == Nico Schottelius <address@hidden> writes:
Nico> The tla guys decided empty commits explicit to be allowed and I think
Nico> it's quite senseful. Read more at bottom.
>> Here's two reasons:
>> 1. This provides a mechanism for adding a note to the patchlogs without
>> having to make a nonsense patch. (For example, 'blaming')
You can use `monotone comment' to get something like this.
>> 2. If you get stuck in a position where you need to cacherev, but you
>> don't have any code that you actually need to change, you can do an
>> 'empty commit' to push a cacherev to a mirror.
My understanding is that "cacherev" is a performance hack in tla. In
monotone you don't need this sort of thing.
cvs also has empty commits. I never saw a use for these other than
working around bugs in "cvs import".
Tom