[RFC] New name for 'repositories' - 'baskets'

Wouter van Heyst larstiq at larstiq.dyndns.org
Sun Mar 5 16:17:51 GMT 2006


On Sun, Mar 05, 2006 at 02:18:59PM +0100, David Allouche wrote:
<snip agreeable things said by ddaa>

> > > PS: I hope that bzr will allow me to abuse standalone branches to let me
> > > tie branches-without-repo to them. It could be handy and it would be a
> > > nice way to expose the orthogonal nature of the various concepts.
> > 
> > Which however means that the repository of a stand-alone branch becomes
> > user-visible and therefore requires user-level name!
> 
> Yes, a "repository" is a fine name.
> 
> What I meant is that I wish bzr would not impose arbitrary restrictions
> on what the repository-in-a-standalone branch can do. That I wish it
> would be functionally equivalent to a shared repository.

I totally agree. The one issue I do see is what to do with colocated
branches. For a standalone branch having the repository and the branch
life at the same url is fine, but when there are multiple branches, I'd
prefer not having a branch at the root. 

> Then, there is no need for separate notions. Creating a standalone
> branch creates a repository. A repository can be used by multiple
> branches.

Having to delete the root branch every time does not sound optimal, can
this be done better?

Wouter van Heyst




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