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[Tracy Camp]

Okay, I'm going to let you guys decide if this is going to get fixed or 
not.  I'm just a end-user in this context.  I don't really remember 
changing the 'type' of any files or directories, but it is possible I 
suppose... (just picking this project up again after a month away).

So, now that I'm here, how should I go about getting things working again?

t.

On Thu, 1 Feb 2007, Aaron Bentley wrote:

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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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