Sparse working copy

[Dave S]

[see http://selenic.com/pipermail/mercurial/2012-November/044526.html]

Boggess, Rod (rboggess at tenovacore.com ) posted on Fri Nov 16
18:52:21 CST 2012

> Hg doesn't support checkin-checkout, but I'm guessing you knew that.

I'm about that phrasing ....

> Would
> an archive suit your needs? You could archive without the repo, then just
> copy files changed atop files in your full repo to do commits from there.

I'm not sure what the Smalltalk equivalent of Maven is, but if there
is one you should consider it.

In the meantime, look at the largefiles extension.  I still hear that
it has some rough edges, but there are some experienced users who can
help, and it may provide support for your workflow.

/dps

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