[MERGE] Implement reconfigure --standalone and --sharing

Robert Collins robertc at robertcollins.net
Tue Apr 8 22:55:14 BST 2008


On Tue, 2008-04-08 at 17:41 -0400, Aaron Bentley wrote:
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> Robert Collins wrote:
> >> I've termed a
> >> branch-that-uses-a-shared-repository a "sharing" branch, because it
> >> shares its repository with other branches.
> > 
> > Haven't read the code yet Aaron, sorry. But can we please be consistent
> > with 'info' in the terms we use in reconfigure; other wise out
> > inconsistency will impact users.
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> Consistency with 'info' would dictate calling the option "--repository".
>  But that would imply that the operation turns the object *into* a
> repository, not into a repository branch, repository checkout, etc.
> 
> Do you have a better suggestion of how to achieve the desired consistency?

Well, I thought that a branch in a repository got described as a
'repository branch'; so --repository-branch is one way. Another way to
achieve the desired consistency would be to change info too.

-Rob
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