RE: Merge tracking: MyServer equals Myserver

Stefan Sperling wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 08:04:25AM +0000, Stephen Connolly wrote:
>> I would be wary of somebody typing merge for different
>> protocols...
>
> Why? If the repo is the same, who cares?
>
>> that the hostname resolves to the same ip and the protocols match
>> is IMHO enough
>
> You don't seem to be using the same internet as I am using.
>
> In the one I am using, there are things like changes made to
> DNS, NAT, dynamic IPs, DHCP leases that expire, VPN tunnels
> and ADSL links that go down and up, routers that crash or reboot, etc.
> So you have to assume that clients and servers change their
> IP all the time.
>
> The repository has a Universal Unique Identifier.
> That is the primary key we have for each repository.
> So we use it as such.
>
> Any type of URL pointing to that repository is just so users
> can tell the client where to look for the repository.
> The URL itself cannot be used as a primary key.

What do you all think about adding command line switches that enable/disable these checks? Like --ignore-hostname or --ignore-protocol? The user should know what he's doing, and if he doesn't he probably doesn't know about the switches either. Sensible defaults have to be chosen, though - probably defaults to keep the behaviour the same as it is now.

Cheers,

Ulli

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