Looms compatible default format?

[Jonathan Lange]

On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Stefan Monnier <monnier at iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
>> I think that merely supporting the format as a branch format is not
>> desirable.  If we support opening looms in core bzr, we should open them
>> as looms, not as branches whose head depends on which thread is
>> currently active.
>
> Since you can simulate looms on top of the normal Bzr command set, what
> is the reason for a special branch format?
>

You can simulate looms with the normal Bazaar command set *and* your
own memory or a branch name convention or a separately maintained file
that lists the order of branches.

AIUI, the loom branch format is essentially adding the latter to the
.bzr directory.[1]

jml

[1] Even if I'm wrong, I bet I'll learn something.