Re: [Monotone-devel] Forbid a changeset from merging

[Hendrik Boom]

On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 02:48:51PM +0200, Markus Wanner wrote:
> On 08/16/2013 10:18 AM, Stephen Leake wrote:
> > You could do it manually with the following steps:
> > 
> > - generate a diff file containing the changeset.
> > 
> > - propagate from local to main
> 
> Remember that this a) reveals your local changes and b) screws up
> history (i.e. logs and annotate). I usually keep anything that could be
> described as "local adjustments" private and the upstream clean of such
> adjustments.

Exactly why this isn't a great technique.

And why I'll conditionally include a local, not-checked-in, file. 
Even though it'll cause complications with multiple workspaces -- 
having to copy the local mods separately from checkout.

-- hendrik