[RFC] Pushkey Concept

[Dirkjan Ochtman]

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 13:11, Adrian Buehlmann <adrian at cadifra.com> wrote:
> The meta repo would have a fixed relative url.
>
> Commands using meta information would use the tip
> revision of the meta repo by default (even if the main repo's
> working parent is not the tip of the main repo).
>
> For example, if you 'hg up' the main repo, the meta repo
> stays at tip (tip of the meta repo, that is).
>
> The idea is that the meta repo describes the
> main repo with its full history.

I'd prefer it to be a single "meta" revlog with a diff-friendly data
format (e.g. indented JSON). Then you can just plug into existing
clone machinery and only transfer an extra .hg/meta.{id}.

Cheers,

Dirkjan