On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 09:20:07PM +0100, Julian Foad wrote:
> The "tree-conflicts" branch stores tree-conflict information in the admin
> dir's "entries" file. Can anybody comment on whether it need to be bumping
> the WC format in order to do so?
>
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> <markphip> I assume it bumps the WC format?
>
> <julianf> Huh... I haven't looked at the WC-recording part! That's one of
> the parts that works well enough for me to leave it alone for now, so I
> don't actually know. I'll find out.
>
> <julianf> No... it seems to leave the format at 9, which I think is where
> v1.5.0 has it.
>
> <markphip> I wonder if that is just for convenience and has to be changed?
> <markphip> for example, sparse directories clearly needed to bump the
> format but lived in trunk a long time before it did
>
> <julianf> Indeed.
>
> <markphip> you should not be able to use a 1.5 client and commit with
> conflicts. If we bumped the WC you would not be able to[.]
Steve and I have been assuming that bumping the format number was
necessary ever since we decided to use the entries file to store
meta data about tree conflicts.
The format number needs to be bumped eventually. There is new data in
the entries file that old clients won't understand.
Stefan
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