Bookmarks with hg update question
Ethan Furman
ethan at stoneleaf.us
Mon Jun 27 22:02:16 UTC 2016
On 06/27/2016 02:35 PM, Jensen, Aaron wrote:
>> The downside of which is, of course, that it changes previous default behaviour
>> which, for very good reasons, Mercurial very rarely does, **Thanks Devs this makes
>> life a lot simpler**.
>
> I agree. Maintain backwards compatibility as much as possible. But I disagree that
> backwards compatibility should always win. I think this is a good
exception to make.
Yes, backwards compatibility is not king, and this misfeature needs to
change. A commandline switch is the best solution for it.
I stopped using bookmarks the first time my bookmark moved without my
telling it to.
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~Ethan~
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