>It's a matter of taste

I agree.


>To me that seems simpler than [ab]using the SCM for that type of thing

I think the power of versioning given by the SCM may not be limited to just
the publishable code that I write. IMO using it to version other things
isn't abusing but realizing its true potential :)




On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 4:36 PM, Stephan Beal <sgb...@googlemail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 11:59 AM, Gaurav M. Bhandarkar <
> gaurav.a...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> "git rebase -i" seems to enable me to work on multiple projects at the
>> same time. Because of it I can maintain versioned "development sessions" of
>> not only my code but other things that were required/relevant to make that
>> code. Without it I find it impossible to handle the "context switch" that
>> comes when you work on multiple projects.
>>
>
> fossil supports multiple open checkouts of any given repo db copy, which
> is arguably a cleaner approach than temporarily sticking stuff into SCM
> (when you've no intention of keeping it there). It's a matter of taste, of
> course, but fossil does offer an option other than keeping separate trains
> of thought in the same physical copy of the tree. To me that seems simpler
> than [ab]using the SCM for that type of thing, in particular because a
> context switch is a simple 'cd' instead of SCM commands.
>
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