Re: Pushing into a repository with working directory?

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Jan 9, 2007, 13:51 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0701091449320.22628@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <45A35D30.3070305@op5.se>

Hi,

On Tue, 9 Jan 2007, Andreas Ericsson wrote:

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> Shawn O. Pearce wrote:
> > 
> > Pushing into the current branch of a repository with a working 
> > directory probably shouldn't be allowed by default as users probably 
> > don't want to do that.
> 
> 
> I do this all the time. I develop on my laptop and send changes to a 
> testserver where I check out the revision I just pushed to the working 
> directory attached to it.

This is still possible. I also do it all the time. Only I do not update the _current_ branch, but a throwaway one.

> Since we can determine if there's a working directory or not, why not 
> just allow the fast-forward case if the working directory is clean and 
> update the working directory for the user?

Because maybe that user could be working on them right now?

The behaviour is safe as is.

Ciao, Dscho