assert failure traceback

[Aaron Bentley]

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Martin Pool wrote:
> On  1 Feb 2007, Aaron Bentley <aaron.bentley at utoronto.ca> wrote:
>> Tracy Camp wrote:
>>
>>>>> 187, in _compare_trees
>>>>>     assert kind[0] == kind[1] or None in kind
>>>>> AssertionError
>> You have changed a file's kind.  e.g. turning a file into a directory, a
>> directory into a symlink, a symlink into a file...
>>
>> This is not permitted by bzr.
>>
>> I'm not interested in trying to fix it, because I haven't been able to
>> get approval for a status format that would show kind changes intuitively.
> 
> Was the status display format really the only thing that prevents this
> being fixed?  If so that's a bit ridiculous.

Yes.  In terms of status, we just need to add another list to TreeDelta,
set it, and display it.

In terms of commit, I think my patch is bitrotten.

In terms of merge, the internals support kind change, but I don't have
blackbox tests.

> Since this (kind changes) is something that does actually happen there
> is no point saying it's not supported.

I agree.

Aaron
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