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Changeset

A changeset (sometimes abbreviated "cset") is an atomic collection of changes to files in a ["Repository"]. The act of creating a changeset is usually called a ["Commit"] or Checkin. The information in a changeset may include

• changes to the contents of the files
• changes to file names or other external attributes (such as execute permissions)
• information about who made the change (the "committer") and why ("comments")

A changeset is identified uniquely by a ["ChangeSetID"]. In a single repository, you can identify it using a RevisionNumber.

• Question: Is a changeset a particular state of the project (like a Subversion revision number), or is it a set of changes to files (like a Darcs patch)?

  • The way the changeset hash is calculated says that a changeset is a particular state of the project plus all of its ancestor states (i.e. all the changeset it took to get there). In Darcs that's a [http://www.darcs.net/manual/node7.html#SECTION00781000000000000000 tag].

See also: ["ChangeSetComments"]

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