[RFC] browsing history API

[Martin Pool]

On 23 May 2006, Johan Rydberg <jrydberg at gnu.org> wrote:
> > I've been wondering if we should save for each revision a list of the
> > modifified files, with some details including their file name and
> > directory, and the previous revision that modified that particular file
> > - essentially a structured diff between the two inventories, similar to
> > what is held by a TreeDelta.  Some operations need this information,
> > including log -v and files_affected.  If we include the previous
> > revision then we can skip back through these records without needing to read
> > every revision.
> 
> Something like the 'revision changes' concept I used in my initial
> knit work?

I think so - can you point me to a description if you have one handy, to
refresh my memory?

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Martin Pool