On 11/10/2011 10:29 AM, Neels J Hofmeyr wrote: > It seems to me that excluding only those externals (dir & file) that are > fixed to a specific revision is the best solution. My only worry are all > those users out there expecting dir externals to be excluded always. > > That's why I'm asking: if I told everyone to place a specific revision in > their externals definitions to be able to exclude them from commits, would > that cause major havoc?
Major havoc? Perhaps not so much. But realize that we'd be telling folks to make a versioned change to *their data* solely for the purpose of preserving a behavior they have grown to expect already. We're not asking them to tweak local configuration, or some process point -- we're asking them to change their repository contents. That starts to feel (to me, at least) like we've crossed a line we shouldn't cross. -- C. Michael Pilato <cmpil...@collab.net> CollabNet <> www.collab.net <> Distributed Development On Demand
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