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Re: vc-toggle-read-only mishandles CVS ro file in presence of CVSREAD=1
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Miles Bader |
Subject: |
Re: vc-toggle-read-only mishandles CVS ro file in presence of CVSREAD=1 |
Date: |
Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:36:00 +0900 |
Thien-Thi Nguyen <address@hidden> writes:
> I see vc-toggle-read-only now reads:
> The "not a safe ... newer than RCS" blurb is (gratuitously) wrong,
> but at least we know the authors' bias up front. I suggest we
> remove that blurb and use checkout-model info to make this command
> DTRT again.
It was always a stupid command (even 2,000,000 years ago when a few
people still used RCS), adding VC functionality in an unexpected and
confusing place in a misguided attempt at DWIM.
I say we just get rid of it and good riddance. It's nothing more than
an ugly reminder of an ugly past.
-Miles
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