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Re: Subversion-style incrementing revision numbers

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JDJoel Dice <dicej@mailsnare.net>
Date
Sep 19, 2006, 23:35 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.62.0609191709160.9752@joeldicepc.ecovate.com>
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On Tue, 19 Sep 2006, Linus Torvalds wrote:
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> On Wed, 20 Sep 2006, Petr Baudis wrote:
>> This is actually exactly how SVN revision numbering works. There's just
>> a single number (no '1.') and it indeed jumps randomly if you have
>> several concurrent branches in your (ok, Linus does not have any, just
>> someone's) repository.
>
> Oh, ok, if it's just a single numbering, then that's easy to do. It won't
> _mean_ anything, and you're seriously screwed if you ever merge anything
> else (or use a git that doesn't update the refcache or whatever), but it
> is simple and stable within a single repo.

Well, what it means is "this is the order in which commits were applied to this repository". I suggest that this information is useful for the most common development style - the kind which relies on a central repository as the canonical source for a project's code. "gcc-trunk-r117064" means a lot more to me than "39282037d7cc39829f1d56bf8307b8e5430d585f", and is no less precise.

I do believe that distributed VCSs such as Git can improve the productivity of these kinds of projects without forcing the developers to suddenly and dramatically alter their workflow. I think ICNs would help make this possible.

  - Joel
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Message 13 of 28 in “Subversion-style incrementing revision numbers”
  1. Joel DiceSep 19, 2006
  2. Petr BaudisSep 19, 2006
  3. Joel DiceSep 19, 2006
  4. Petr BaudisSep 19, 2006
  5. Joel DiceSep 19, 2006
  6. Shawn PearceSep 19, 2006
  7. Johannes SchindelinSep 19, 2006
  8. Shawn PearceSep 19, 2006
  9. Jakub NarebskiSep 19, 2006
  10. Linus TorvaldsSep 19, 2006
  11. Petr BaudisSep 19, 2006
  12. Linus TorvaldsSep 19, 2006
  13. Joel DiceSep 19, 2006
  14. Jakub NarebskiSep 20, 2006
  15. Joel DiceSep 20, 2006
  16. Junio C HamanoSep 20, 2006
  17. Robin RosenbergSep 20, 2006
  18. Petr BaudisSep 20, 2006
  19. Junio C HamanoSep 20, 2006
  20. Jakub NarebskiSep 19, 2006
  21. Petr BaudisSep 19, 2006
  22. Jakub NarebskiSep 19, 2006
  23. Joel DiceSep 19, 2006
  24. Shawn PearceSep 19, 2006
  25. Shawn PearceSep 19, 2006
  26. Joel DiceSep 19, 2006
  27. Shawn PearceSep 19, 2006
  28. Joel DiceSep 19, 2006

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