Updating Mercurial: The Definitive Guide

[Na'Tosha Bard]

On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 4:08 AM, Greg Ward <greg-hg at gerg.ca> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Na'Tosha Bard <natosha at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Another thought that has occurred to me.  Since we are aiming for
> > largefiles' inclusion into Mercurial 2.0 in November, and we are aiming
> to
> > complete the book for the 2.1 release in March, should we consider a
> section
> > regarding largefiles in the hgbook?
>
> Sounds like a good idea to me.
>
> > I'd propose that we omit the low-level technical gunk and simply describe
> > largefiles from a high-level, end user perspective, as well as provide
> clear
> > steps for what should be necessary to get a repo up and running with
> > largefiles.
>
> But I *like* low-level technical gunk! ;-)
>
> Seriously: I don't think we need to explain exactly why revlog doesn't
> work so well with compressed or encrypted data, but it could be useful
> to spend a paragraph explaining why DVCS and large incompressible
> files don't work so well together.
>

Sure, my point is just that the book is designed for new users who are going
to be interested in what it is and why it is needed, rather than the very
technical aspects of how it works.

Cheers,
Na'Tosha


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*Na'Tosha Bard*
Build & Infrastructure Developer | Unity Technologies

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