RFC: Revised branching implementation

[Andrew Beekhof]

On Sep 14, 2006, at 8:56 PM, Matt Mackall wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 01:47:55PM +0200, Andrew Beekhof wrote:
>> Take 3 :-)
>>
>>
>> On Matt's suggestion I have implemented branching in the repository's
>> changelog instead of .hgbranches.
>>
>> Specifically, I chose to create a new index format, which may or may
>> not have been what Matt intended, and I'm happy to discuss the
>> appropriateness of that decision.
>
> Benoit and I came up with a scheme for extending the changelog in a
> backwards-compatible way:
>
> http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/ExtendedChangelog

Thats pretty much what I ended up doing (a day or so after i sent out  
this patch).
Except there was only one key and it was always HGBRANCH.

I'd be happy to make it a little more flexible or have someone else  
use my patches as a base.

>
> I think he's going to take a stab at implementing it, along with
> adding add/remove/copy flags for files in the changeset.
>
> -- 
> Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time.

--
Andrew Beekhof

"Would the last person to leave please turn out the enlightenment?" -  
TISM

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