Re: Exp state on top of dead

[Jim Hyslop]

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CARTER-HITCHIN, David, GBM wrote:
> Note that validate_repo did *not* flag this as a problem,
> even with -a switched on.  If run with -v, I can see 'dead' whizz by well
> before 'Exp' later at HEAD, so it has the opportunity to catch this

This is not a problem with validate_repo. A dead revision followed by a
live revision is a perfectly valid state for a repository file, and in
no way (in general) does it indicate a problem.

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Jim Hyslop
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