[PATCH 0/3] Permit directories ending in *.d or *.i

[Kevin Smith]

Goffredo Baroncelli wrote:
> On Wednesday 27 July 2005 19:29, you (Matt Mackall) wrote:
>>
>>I think this handles all the cases and should do so without breaking
>>existing repos.
> 
> No, if anyone has already an old repository with a directory named 'a.d', your scheme fails.

I agree that Matt's scheme would break existing repos. In addition to 
your example, I believe it would also fail for existing repos that have 
files and/or directories ending in .hg. We really will want to do some 
kind of migration either way.

However, based on my (poor) memory of the earlier proposal, I think 
Matt's proposal sounds simpler as a long-term solution. I think its 
migration would be a easier, too, since many repos wouldn't have to 
change at all.

Kevin