[Xen-devel] bitkeeper gone in 2 weeks - which RCS?

[Theodore Ts'o]

On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 01:24:03PM -0400, Christopher Li wrote:
> 
> Rename is the same as copy except the old file don't show up any more.
> It just need a way to specify where is the source come from.
> 

When you copy, does both the old and the new copy of the file retain
the change history?  (Hopefully the answer is yet).

> > you need per-file checkins, your commits are too big) but I'm not
> > completely immune to reason.
> 
> I tend to agree. Change in a file usually don't make sense unless you
> look at the change set together as a whole.

I like per-file checkin comments, but that's because I like to be
relatively verbose in my per-file comments.  It allows me to put
implementation details as per-file meta-comments, instead of putting
the comments in-line in the C code.  That way people who are browsing
the changeset via the graphical browser can dive in deep, and get at
some comments that provide valuable historical information, without
necessaryily having that history clutter the code.  

It's nice to have per-file checkin comments as an option; if people
don't use it, it's harmless.  But IMHO, having the capability of
storing this extra bit of metadata is a Good Thing.

							- Ted