[RFC] kbfiles: an extension to track binary files with less wasted bandwidth

[Matt Mackall]

On Sat, 2011-10-01 at 22:35 -0400, Greg Ward wrote:
> Here's the behaviour I want:
> 
>   if '.hglf/' is a dir:
>     use that as the largefiles standin prefix
>   elif '.hgbfiles' is a dir:
>     use that as the largefiles standin prefix
>   elif '.kbf' is a dir:
>     use that as the largefiles standin prefix
>   else:
>     no largefiles in this changeset: fallback to 'hglf' in case
>     someone adds one

I tend to agree with this approach. Largefiles should be
backwards-compatible with the installed base if possible.

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