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Re: [Monotone-devel] Anatomy of user stupidness


From: Brian May
Subject: Re: [Monotone-devel] Anatomy of user stupidness
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 11:52:20 +1100
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>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Keller <address@hidden> writes:

    Thomas> This made monotone.mtn the default database for my current
    Thomas> workspace which based on a different database
    Thomas> (guitone.mtn), and since the other database didn't contain
    Thomas> any of the revisions of the original ones, things started
    Thomas> to get messy (I separated certain branches project-wise
    Thomas> into several databases).

    Thomas> I still couldn't track down the original problem (missing
    Thomas> libs/ dir, obviously there where no files in --missing and
    Thomas> no changes in the revision), but the other problem _may_
    Thomas> have been easier to be tracked down if monotone would have
    Thomas> told me something like

    Thomas> Warning: changing default database of workspace to
    Thomas> 'monotone.mtn'

Better errors when the expected revision cannot be found would also be
a plus, I think.

It looks like, at times, monotone tried to guess what was wrong, but
guessed wrongly.
-- 
Brian May <address@hidden>




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