Re: [Arx-users] ArX and simplicity

[Walter Landry]

Kevin Smith <address@hidden> wrote:
> Amine Chadly wrote:
> >>We have one conceptual archive, but two actual copies. One is an ArX
> >>mirror of the other. Or are they each mirrors of each other? In some
> >>cases, might one be an scp exact copy of the other?
> > 
> > and Walter answered :
> > 
> >>All of the above.
> > 
> > 
> > I would like to know how one would end up in such situation.
> 
> That discussion wasn't entirely clear to me at the time, and is less so
> now. The idea is that you have an archive on your desktop. Now you want
> to work on your laptop. You might use the "mirror" commands of ArX to
> create a working copy on the laptop, or you might use scp.

Also, it can happen if someone mirrors your archive and does not make
a separate branch for his own work.  That is basically what happens
with Bitkeeper.  Everyone mirrors your archive (using clone) and just
works on the same branch.

Cheers,
Walter