So many repo formats

[Colin D Bennett]

On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:09:25 -0500
Aaron Bentley <aaron at aaronbentley.com> wrote:

> Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > I see I'm fairly transparent ;-)
> > Yes, part of the subsequent question is "what is the point of the
> > 1.9-non-rich-root format"?  To tell you the truth, I have no idea
> > what "rich root" means and I've never found a page that tries to
> > explain it other than "you need it for things like bzr-svn".
> 
> The only reason the format exists is to be compatible with bzr-svn.
> 
> The only differences between it and regular formats are
> 1. trees created in this format have a unique file-id for their tree
> root 2. In this format, the tree root's last-revision is tracked in
> the same way that it is tracked for other directories.
> 
> Aaron

Do you see the "rich root" feature as something that can be used for
other purposes than just bzr-svn?  If not, is there a way to generalize
the rich-root concept in a way that would make it useful to solve other
problems?

It seems wrong to change the repo format (and create format headaches)
to support just one plugin/tool (bzr-svn).

Regards,
Colin
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