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Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 11:26:06 -0700
From: Larry McVoy <lm@bitmover.com>
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On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 02:24:47PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 11:14:50AM -0700, Larry McVoy wrote:
> > On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 02:07:53PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > > Triggers are completely useless for "show me what the next-to-last
> > > 'bk pull' downloaded, in GNU patch style."  
> 
> > All you need to do is save the starting and ending cset revs as keys,
> > and then send those into bk export -tpatch.  So a trigger which saved
> > top of trunk on a stack is all you need, the rest is a tiny amount of
> > perl/shell.  Write it, send it to me, if people like it, we'll roll it
> > into the mainline release.
> 
> In order to implement multiple 'bk undo' stack as you described, you
> need to store or deduce that info anyway.  If I wrote it, wouldn't I be
> duplicating work (or doing work for you)?

Perhaps.  You'd also be getting your needs met on your schedule, not mine.
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