Re: [Gnu-arch-users] recovery from accidental file deletion

[Robert Collins]

On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 19:42, Jan Hudec wrote:

> That looks like a bug. Well, more probably a deficiency in the
> implementation. file-find first determines tag for the file (by the name
> given), and then goes to the pristine tree, gets it's inventory and
> fetches the file. Since the file does not exist, the first step fails.
> 
> Extending that command should be considered. But I am not really sure
> what would be the RightWay to do it. (It should be kept that file-find
> and file-diffs are implemented by the same function).

The RightWay? Well, IMO if the file doesn't exist, look up the file in
the pristine tree by name, and if it exists check for a tag conflict in
inventory before considering it 'found'.

Rob
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