Emile Snyder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On Sat, 2005-05-14 at 21:21, Derek Scherger wrote:
>> it seems to me that there are three settings for such a hook
>> 
>> - fail on pre-existing files
>>   (cvs, svn, etc. do this)
>> 
>> - preserve pre-existing files but continue
>>   (which I think would be useful occasionally)
>> 
>> - clobber pre-existing files
>>   (what monotone does now)
>
> I'd like door number 4: move pre-existing files out of the way (foo ->
> foo.bak.revid maybe?) and continue.

There's also my favourite, and what mt does if I remember to add the
file before updating: 2-way merge of the local and repo version.

-- 
Robbe



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