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Re: proposal: changelist feature

From: Ben Collins-Sussman <sussman_at_red-bean.com>
Date: 2006-04-20 17:46:20 CEST

On 4/20/06, Peter N. Lundblad <peter@famlundblad.se> wrote:
> Ben Collins-Sussman writes:
> > Here's my plea: let me make a feature branch, and code this really
> > simple bookkeeping feature. Once you've all played with it and
> > discovered how (unexpectedly) useful it is, we can go back and visit
> > some of these other more complex feature proposals in new mail
> > threads...
>
> Well, what I *think* I'd really want would be some kind of patch manager:
> - Hey, store away my patch in progress so I can do this little bugfix.
> - Now, reapply my patch (including tree changes), so I can continue on my
> new killer feature.
>
> This is clearly a bigger task and maybe it doesn't even belong in the
> SCM itslef, so I think your proposal is a step in the right direction,
> so +1.

I agree... the feature you propose above will be made easier if my
simple bookkeeping feature existed first. :-)

(By the way, your feature could also be solved if svn started using a
custom patch format, which a few of us have played with already.)

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