[openbeos] Re: SCM
- From: "Mikael Jansson (mailing lists)" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 20:22:56 GMT
"Waldemar Kornewald" <Waldemar.Kornewald@xxxxxx>:
>
> p {margin: 0px}> > Hi, the SCM discussion is not finished, yet. ;)
> > > This question might seem stupid, but I cannot think of a good
> > > reason...
> > > Why is "add" and "remove" needed at all? Can the system not
> > > automatically add and remove everything and allow removing the
> > > entries
> > > from the submit message if they should not be committed?
> >
> > I think that would be far more annoying than anything. Why on earth
> > would you want this? I think add/remove is very low overhead.
>
> Yes, that might be, but you could easily move them into your private
> hacking branch if they should not be committed...
> Anyway, the most annoying restriction of p4 is "edit". This could be
> removed, I hope. Or is it a feature? Can someone please explain why it
is needed?
>
It's a feature; it's so the Perforce server can keep track of which
files you have opened. Unlike CVS, Perforce stores client state.
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Mikael Jansson
http://mikael.jansson.be
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