Sparse working copy

[Jan Vrany]

On 17/11/12 09:23, Dave S wrote:
> [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.

I don't actually see how it would help...

>
> 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.

I'll check, thanks.

Jan