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docs/evolve-good-practice.rst
author Sushil khanchi <sushilkhanchi97@gmail.com>
Tue, 25 Jun 2019 21:54:22 +0530
changeset 4704 5f90eb8fd63c
parent 1655 016ffd74026f
permissions -rw-r--r--
evolve: fix confusion in branch heads checking logic when topic in play To provide some context, when topics are in play the branchmap cache we store contains the branch info of a rev as "branch:topic" format IIUC. Assuming that is right, now in present code we don't actually cover this part that "when looking for branch heads where we also have active topic we should look for branch='branch_name:topic' instead". And we get wrong branch heads as a result. This patch make sure that we pass right candidate to find branch heads using branchmap.branchheads() by overriding the localrepo.branchheads() Changes in test file reflect the fixed behavior.

.. Copyright 2011 Pierre-Yves David <pierre-yves.david@ens-lyon.org>
..                Logilab SA        <contact@logilab.fr>

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Good practice for (early) users of evolve
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Avoid unstability
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The less unstability you have the less you need to resolve.

Evolve is not yet able to detect and solve every situation. And your mind is
not ready neither.

Branch as much as possible
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This is not MQ; you are not constrained to linear history.

Making a branch per independent branch will help you avoid unstability
and conflict.

Rewrite your changes only
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There is no descent conflict detection and handling right now.
Rewriting other people's changesets guarantees that you will get
conflicts. Communicate with your fellow developers before trying to
touch other people's work (which is a good practice in any case).

Using multiple branches will help you to achieve this goal.

Prefer pushing unstability to touching other people changesets
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If you have children changesets from other people that you don't really care
about, prefer not altering them to risking a conflict by stabilizing them.


Do not get too confident
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This is an experimental extension and a complex concept. This is beautiful,
powerful and robust on paper, but the tool and your mind may not be prepared for
all situations yet.
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