Re: Darcs

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Jun 25, 2007, 00:00 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.0.98.0706241657540.3593@woody.linux-foundation.org>
In-Reply-To: <61e816970706241638j60830741p2cd1a102a72ae226@mail.gmail.com>

On Sun, 24 Jun 2007, Dan Chokola wrote:

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> What I have noticed is a lot of nitpicking, of which I'm guilty, too. The
> issue Linus brought up about Darcs and versioning is not one I typically see
> surface in real life. Users usually complain about some _release_ version
> or, "I updated last week."

Actually, in the kernel, we are getting quite a lot out of "git bisect", and people throw git SHA1's around to describe where they are, or a particular commit.

Which never happened with BK.

So I think that the _ability_ to name revisions easily across different uses is quite important, because it then drives behaviour.

Without it, you'll never notice you need it. With it, you start wondering how others handle it.

For example, we have people like Andrew, who don't really "use" git, and he starts pointing to commits with their git ID, because he sees them flying past, and he knows they are stable and useful for things like gitweb.

			Linus