Re: Milestone 1 user-interface

Bob Miller <kbob@jogger-egg.com> writes:

> Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:
>
> > --> Note that in normal circumstances, the repository would
> > return the new version number to the client. In the case of
> > XML files, it will be necessary for the user to manually
> > specify a new version number on the command line.
>
> Why does the XML file need to have a version number?
> Each changed file and directory has a ancestor version, isn't
> that sufficient?
>

The XML file doesn't need a version number; the working copy
administrative files do! After the working copy has sent a "commit"
into a file, it needs to update its own administrative files to
reflect the new version. (In the real world, this version number
would be returned by the respository after a successful commit.)
Received on Sat Oct 21 14:36:10 2006