Subject: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: darcs vs tla
From: Zenaan Harkness <zen@cashpoolcomps.com>
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On Fri, 2004-11-19 at 08:24, Dustin Sallings wrote:
> On Nov 18, 2004, at 9:38, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> 
> >> I would say it would be as easy as building one that could run 'tla 
> >> mv'.
> >> :)
> >
> > But if you use taglines, `mv' is all you need ;-)
> 
> 	That's not true.  You cannot, without exception, relocate any 
> arbitrary file in an archive with mv, even if you know that the project 
> uses tagline.
> 
> 	I prefer tagline myself, but I don't really buy the ``mv'' argument 
> because it cannot be made to apply to every file equally, whereas ``tla 
> mv'' can.
> 
> 	This is not an example of tla being easier to use.  To the contrary, 
> it's an example of darcs being easier to use, in that there's only one 
> way to relocate a file in any given tree.

This is something I strongly believe to be worthwhile from a users point
of view - where it makes sense of course, have only one way to do thing.
Only have multiple mechanisms when you _need_ them.

I personally prefer a unix-like command subspace, as in tla mv, tla ln,
tla cp, etc. Having to remember which operations are "tla" commands and
which are plain unix is unnecessary thought-overhead, in my opinion!

cheers
zen


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