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author Anton Shestakov <av6@dwimlabs.net>
Sun, 05 May 2019 17:39:46 +0800
changeset 4650 7c05b1625921
parent 1655 016ffd74026f
permissions -rw-r--r--
stack: get stack data directly from stack and remove stackdata() stackdata function began its life in 137f8b04901e as a proto-stack: it computed stack revs on its own and only had one property to return, "changesetcount". Later it started to prepare and return more properties, but since b933a8068c17 it was computing revs using a getstack function. And then finally in 17749d9d3968 it started to rely on stack class entirely. It was a good function, but now, when all the logic it provided was factored into stack class, I'd say it's finally time for it to be put to rest.

.. 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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