D4312: New bookflow extension for bookmark-based branching

idlsoft (Sandu Turcan) phabricator at mercurial-scm.org
Thu Dec 6 19:27:37 EST 2018


idlsoft added a comment.


  In https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D4312#79938, @smf wrote:
  
  > This will not help the *average* user and sends a mixed (and dangerous) message that bookmarks should be used.
  
  
  Bookmarks have been in core for some time now, and there is not one mention anywhere that they are not to be used.
  They may not be trivial to use but it's certainly not officially discouraged anywhere.
  Bookmarks is the first thing that comes up when you search for "mercurial light branching", although it's from a blog post, not the official wiki.
  Meanwhile the official wiki plainly states <https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/BranchingExplained> that light branching is a different abstraction, and branches should not be used for for that.
  
  So what IS the recommended way then?
  Is there one?
  
  I may have a horse in this race but I'd be more than happy to see it lose to a better one.

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