[PATCH 3 of 3 RFC] import: add new --faithful flag to use metadata but relax checks
Pierre-Yves David
pierre-yves.david at ens-lyon.org
Fri Mar 11 15:11:06 EST 2016
On 03/11/2016 06:25 PM, Augie Fackler wrote:
> # HG changeset patch
> # User Augie Fackler <augie at google.com>
> # Date 1457539063 18000
> # Wed Mar 09 10:57:43 2016 -0500
> # Node ID 7d53477e4496e8f2b16b12ed445407e79bbb787b
> # Parent 602504c64084d85820c883a43b02951a61e992f5
> # EXP-Topic import
> import: add new --faithful flag to use metadata but relax checks
>
> Sometimes it's helpful to import a patch with as much of the metadata
> (especially parents) intact as possible, but some bit of extra didn't
> make the trip through the exported patch. This gives users a tool to
> preserve as much metadata as possible without having to get an exact
> byte-for-byte match on the import process.
In my opinion, the key part here is to:
1) bypass working copy
2) use the parent informations
I would rather see a name related to parents that "faithful". I don't
"faithful" is very explicite and it mostly make sense in regards with
--exact.
On a wider topic. I woudl rather see extra properly exported so that
--exact get mostly useful than "yet another flag". But that another flag
is probably needed as a fallback anyway so…
Cheers,
--
Pierre-Yves David
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