Revision numbers and ChangeSetIDs

[Matt Mackall]

On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 01:44:31PM +0200, Llu?s Batlle wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I cannot imagine any use of ChangeSets out of a single repository, so I
> think there's something I don't understand.
> 
> Can single changesets be interchanged between (once cloned) repositories,
> therefore leaving different revision numbers in them? The methods pull&push
> seem to keep the same revision numbers, as they make the repositories equal.

If you and I both make a change rev 1001, when you pull from me, my
rev 1001 becomes your rev 1002 (and vice-versa). Revision numbers do
change and are thus not good identifiers except locally.

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