Re: [Gnu-arch-users] robin's per-directory regexps

[Jan Hudec]

On Mon, Nov 24, 2003 at 10:46:53 -0800, Tom Lord wrote:
> 
>     > From: Mark Thomas <address@hidden>
> 
>     > On Mon, 24 Nov 2003, Tom Lord wrote:
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>     > >   There are two alternatives that come to mind, that preserve upward
>     > >   compatability (but break trees already using the patch):
> 
>     > >   One is to say that ".arch-inventory" files are only ever used if
>     > >   "./{arch}/=tagging-method" contains a special directive, say,
>     > >   "enable .arch-inventory".
> 
>     > >   Another is to is to rev the "project tree version number" --
>     > >   a prospect I'm not too fond of.
> 
>     > What about renaming it to .arch-ids/=inventory ?
> 
> I considered it and then rejected it on two grounds:
> 
> 1) I think the indirection would cause a new round of never-ending
>    complaints.
> 
> 2) It doesn't _quite_ solve the tagging problem:
> 
>    a) to work correctly under directory names, the "automatic tag"
>       for the =inventory file would have to be derived from the 
>       tag of the directory containing the .arch-ids directory

Which should be done anyway and for all files in .arch-ids, because as
it is, renaming of a directory produces a changeset, that renames the
directory, does not mention files in it (they are renamed magicaly), but
deletes and re-adds everything in .arch-ids. However, I understand it's
a problem because such change would not be upwards compatible.

>    b) that tag isn't always there.   Therefore, if you were to add
>       the =inventory file first, commit, then tag the directory later,
>       the tag of the =inventory file would have to change -- it
>       would appear to be deleted and re-added.   

IIRC files are not commited unless directories that contain them are.
And if the directory is commited, it must be tagged (which might be by
name, of course).

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