Insights from bzr newbie coming from git

[Matthew D. Fuller]

On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 10:48:41AM -0600 I heard the voice of
Matthew D. Fuller, and lo! it spake thus:
>
> But having multiple heads on one branch, you can easily just flip
> back to the right rev, make the change, then merge the heads[0].

(missing footnote) [0] assuming you have 'update -r', of course  ;)


> I would worry about how the two capabilities [multiple named
> branches in one "standalone branch"-ish vs. current setup] would
> interact with each other.

One thing I thought but decided not to mention (and obviously am now
changing my mind on ;) is that above the interaction, this is a
massive change in branch handling.  To wit, it pretty much
necessitates being able to refer to branches by name.  I don't think
any of us have the time of strength to revisit THAT discussion again,
but I'd like to note that pretty much any tricks I can think of to
make the "lightweight checkout switch'd around" methodology flow
smooth essentially boils down to making it seem like referring to
branches by name.


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