1.0 approaches

[Jordi Bunster]

On Feb 7, 2008, at 11:55 PM, Brendan Cully wrote:

> In my opinion, named branches in their current form do more harm  
> than good.
> People use them expecting them to behave more like in-repository  
> clones
> that they can play with and then drop, and usually become frustrated
> with them, but only after they've permanently cluttered their  
> repositories.

I *totally* agree.

> (...)
>
> I'd be inclined to discourage their use strongly in 1.0 (maybe  
> relegating
> them to debugcommands) unless they are improved.

I don't think many would like this, but I am inclined to removing them  
altogether, and making 'hg branch' another word for 'hg clone'. I  
still don't get what's their point, other than to cause confusion for  
new users.

Too extreme? Anyone?

--
	Jordi

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