From: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2025 23:52:42 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] xdiff: introduce rust
Message-ID: <aIAkSiPeDy5MLe4N@fruit.crustytoothpaste.net>
In-Reply-To: <20250722220233.7rdako7zjwyjqlmv@glandium.org>

On 2025-07-22 at 22:02:33, Mike Hommey wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 17, 2025 at 09:30:43PM +0000, brian m. carlson wrote:
> > I would prefer that we not check in Cargo.lock in Git.  Part of the
> > reason is that it changes across versions and so building with a
> > different version of the toolchain can update the file.
> 
> That actually doesn't happen unless the file needs to be updated for
> some reason, like Cargo.toml having new dependencies or `cargo update`
> being run.

I've actually seen several cases in my local Rust development where
Cargo wants to update the file despite it not being necessary and
`--locked` simply refusing to work without good cause.  Perhaps those
cases have been fixed, but it has happened in older versions.
-- 
brian m. carlson (they/them)
Toronto, Ontario, CA