[MERGE] per-user file properties

[Robert Collins]

On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 21:53 +1000, Martin Pool wrote:
> 
> One issue that has been raised is whether adding this to the branch
> should require a special marker or a new branch format to prevent
> people using a client that doesn't understand the file.  My feeling is
> that this is not necessary: if you use an old client you just won't
> have these rules enforced.  Sure this causes some disruption, but not
> necessarily more than being unable to act on the branch at all.

The disruption caused is likely to be greater than being told you need a
newer client though : because this file is being used to control tree
filtering capabilities; because branching with an old client would not
preserve the file (and one presumes it should be preserved).

I don't believe this is a safe enough situation to avoid a branch format
bump.

-Rob


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