Implementation of Indexes Extension

[Kevin Bullock]

On Feb 14, 2012, at 9:44 AM, Na'Tosha Bard wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am considering taking up development of the proposed Indexes Extension described on http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/IndexesExtension
> 
> What I would like to know is why is it not implemented yet?  Is it only because no one had the time or desire, or are the core Mercurial developers opposed to this sort of functionality?

I would plead with you to instead take up the cause of one of the 'shelve' extensions (shelve or attic). A shelve- or stash-oriented workflow is more in line with Mercurial's general philosophy (commit a consistent, tested snapshot) than an index-oriented approach (build up a partial commit from what's laying around in your working dir). The lack of a _bundled_ equivalent to `git stash` is one of the glaring holes in Mercurial's toolkit right now, and it'd be really nice if we could at least get an extension included, if not moved into core.

pacem in terris / мир / शान्ति / ‎‫سَلاَم‬ / 平和
Kevin R. Bullock

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