[MERGE] pull converges

[Robert Collins]

On Tue, 2006-04-11 at 17:42 +1000, Martin Pool wrote:
> On 11/04/2006, at 12:05 PM, Robert Collins wrote:
> 
> > This patch alters pull to converge when possible.
> >
> > Specifically it:
> >  * deprecates branch.pullable_revisions[obsolete]
> >  * changes update_revisions to use the left-most available parents
> >    when applying perfect fit revisions
> >
> > This will preserve the revision history during --overwrite - so we get
> > an identical branch - but will not do so when applying perfect fit
> > revisions. In that case the revision history is regenerated from the
> > repository using the left most parent.
> >
> > Its not an option to pull because I think we either want this, or we
> > dont. If we do - the way to get experience with it is to just use it.
> 
> Yes, I agree, and +1 to put it in, except that it needs documentation  
> updates in NEWS, tutorial.txt and the help for pull.

I checked pulls documentation and this didn't appear incompatible, but
I'll add some extra text to describe what this does in those three
places.

> I guess push should change to work the same way - perhaps that can  
> wait until we see if we like it for pull.

Push is a pull under the hood. So it is changed - and I'll document that
too.

Rob

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