Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Making microbranches popular [was: Re-linking to revlib implemented]

[Tom Lord]

    > From: Scott Bronson <address@hidden>

    > On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 13:22, James Blackwell wrote:
    > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 12:34:45PM -0800, Scott Bronson wrote:
    > > > Personally, I could really use a way to hide obsolete branches.  
Often I
    > > > won't make a branch simply because, if I did make one every time I had
    > > > the urge, in 6 months I'd end up with 30 useless branches cluttering 
up
    > > > the output of tla rbrowse.  It's easier in the longer term just to
    > > > cherry pick a bit.

    > > Yeah. Me too.

    > > I fixed rbrowse so that sealed trees are not seen by default. Then I
    > > sealed all of my old branches. I was (and am) very, very happy with the
    > > results.  I was so happy with the results that I rushed a merge request
    > > to Tom. 

    > > > Yes, this would be excellent if there were also a way to seal a branch
    > > > and NOT hide it.

    > > There is an option to show sealed versions as well.

    > Nice.  This sounds pretty darned close to my ideal.  I hope
    > Tom takes the patch.


The rbrowse command is pretty much jblack's baby.   He has free reign
over these kinds of issues with it.

-t