From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Stephen J. Turnbull" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: vc-update for bzr etc. Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 00:37:09 +0900 Message-ID: <874ob8caqi.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> References: <87y68m7kdh.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87lj4mk2e5.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87mxp2bd12.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87k4k6c738.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <8739qtw9le.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1290527609 767 80.91.229.12 (23 Nov 2010 15:53:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:53:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Dan Nicolaescu , Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 23 16:53:22 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PKvBJ-00016g-Lq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:53:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44160 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PKvBH-0003e7-0t for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 23 Nov 2010 10:53:19 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=60563 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PKvB3-0003c5-Vr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Nov 2010 10:53:15 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PKvAv-0008Ky-67 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Nov 2010 10:53:05 -0500 Original-Received: from [130.158.254.171] (port=48434 helo=dmail02.cc.tsukuba.ac.jp) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PKvAo-0008I2-39; Tue, 23 Nov 2010 10:52:50 -0500 Original-Received: from imss12.cc.tsukuba.ac.jp (unknown [130.158.254.130]) by dmail02.cc.tsukuba.ac.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1839E86EAC2; Wed, 24 Nov 2010 00:36:48 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from imss12.cc.tsukuba.ac.jp (imss12.cc.tsukuba.ac.jp [127.0.0.1]) by postfix.imss71 (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EFBC2AF543; Wed, 24 Nov 2010 00:36:34 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mgmt1.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp (unknown [130.158.97.223]) by imss12.cc.tsukuba.ac.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id 110FE2AF542; Wed, 24 Nov 2010 00:36:34 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp (uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp [130.158.99.156]) by mgmt1.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CF283FA053B; Wed, 24 Nov 2010 00:36:34 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 3A4D71A3FC7; Wed, 24 Nov 2010 00:37:09 +0900 (JST) In-Reply-To: <8739qtw9le.fsf@stupidchicken.com> X-Mailer: VM undefined under 21.5 (beta29) "garbanzo" ed3b274cc037 XEmacs Lucid (x86_64-unknown-linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:133055 Archived-At: Chong Yidong writes: > I remain confused about what the intended use of "bzr pull" is. As far > as I can tell, it's only used if someone wants a mirror of another > branch that is never modified. But that seems like the less important > case. Yes and yes. Even the bzr developers admit that it's mainly there to have symmetry with "push". > > Based on what you say, vc-pull for Mercurial would not just do "hg > > pull" but something more. > > Apparently, that would be "hg update tip". hg pull -u = hg pull + hg update tip.