branch specific rules - the latest proposal

[Jelmer Vernooij]

On Fri, 2009-11-13 at 07:48 +1000, Ian Clatworthy wrote:
> I spoke to Martin yesterday about this and our proposal is to store 
> branch specific rules in .bzrmeta/rules. This file will be versioned.
> 
> Some other important details:
> 
> * The .bzrmeta directory will be the recommended place for plugins
>    to store "in tree metadata".
> 
> * Content filters will not be applied to files in that directory.
> 
> * If conflicts exist in .bzrmeta/xxxxx after a merge, the base
>    content will be used. Otherwise, the in-tree content will be used.
> 
> There will undoubtedly be more devil in the detail but that's the 
> direction we're thinking of currently.
> 
> We'll discuss this further today with interested parties (Robert, Aaron, 
> John, etc.). If anyone on the list likes or dislikes the above, please 
> speak up.
This makes it practically impossible to support the conversion of this
sort of metadata in the foreign branch plugins. While I can understand
that that should not necessarily be a blocker (perfect is the enemy of
good, etc), I thought I should mention it anyway for completeness' sake.

Cheers,

Jelmer

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