[RFC] Bundles as repositories

[Robert Collins]

On Tue, 2007-06-19 at 00:54 -0400, Aaron Bentley wrote:

>  
> > If its easy to turn into a knit delta then its easy to use as one too -
> > without paying the knit unzip cost :).
> 
> Wouldn't the knits get mad at me if I stuck uncompressed deltas into them?

I mean - extract the basis of the bundle's delta from the knit, then
apply the delta from the bundle on top of it.

> > 
> >> And heck, I haven't ruled out bundling knit hunks either.
> >>
> >>> I'm also thinking that it would be nice if everything for a merge
> >>> directive could live in-branch ready to be used.
> >> I'm confused.  As opposed to living in the repository?
> > 
> > I mean the 'commit message to use' and 'branch to submit to' data being
> > stored in the branch.
> 
> Well, since we already store the submit branch, I don't think there's
> more needed.  But how would you get the commit message?  Prompt the user
> in advance for it?

Sure - let them set the option in advance - so they can edit the overall
commit message as they assemble their work, with incremental commits
etc.

-Rob
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