On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 4:09 PM, Eric Junkermann <e...@deptj.eu> wrote:
> 1. To look for forgotten forks. There was a fairly serious one of > these quite early in Fossil's history, though with proper branches and > the graph on the timeline it probably wouldn't happen today. > Accidental forks "happen to me" with alarming frequency, and i would never notice them without the timeline. They're primarily caused, apparently, by my not being careful enough when i disable autosync and work on the same code from multiple machines. > Looking back at the above, I'm not sure I've actually added anything > to the debate, but anyway ... > i've personally never really understood the reason for leaves. That's not to say they're unnecessary, just that i don't understand them. Is it correct to summarize leaves as "the tip version of any given branch/fork"? i've read the definitions given in this thread, but "i just don't get it" because i don't understand the terminology of the fossil model well enough. -- ----- stephan beal http://wanderinghorse.net/home/stephan/
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