X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/075c8b4d0b3feb2274bf6a27d32d3c6e798a18ff..b851020978ce04ef22b2d985967be1948ca794b3:/doc/about_rcs_backends.mdwn?ds=inline diff --git a/doc/about_rcs_backends.mdwn b/doc/about_rcs_backends.mdwn index d1454bdda..2f0fef0d3 100644 --- a/doc/about_rcs_backends.mdwn +++ b/doc/about_rcs_backends.mdwn @@ -29,12 +29,14 @@ see [[commit-internals]]. You browse and web-edit the wiki on W. +W "belongs" to ikiwiki and should not be edited directly. + ## [darcs](http://darcs.net/) (not yet included) Support for using darcs as a backend is being worked on by [Thomas Schwinge](mailto:tschwinge@gnu.org), although development is on hold curretly. -There is a patch in the [[patchqueue]]. +There is a patch in [[todo/darcs]]. ### How will it work internally? @@ -103,6 +105,18 @@ by Ikiwiki. This approach might be applicable to other distributed VCSs as well, although they're not as oriented towards transmitting changes with standalone patch bundles (often by email) as darcs is. +> The mercurial plugin seems to just use one repo and edit it directly - is +> there some reason that's okay there but not for darcs? I agree with tuomov +> that having just the one repo would be preferable; the point of a dvcs is +> that there's no difference between one repo and another. I've got a +> darcs.pm based on mercurial.pm, that's almost usable... --bma + +>> IMHO it comes down to whatever works well for a given RCS. Seems like +>> the darcs approach _could_ be done with most any distributed system, but +>> it might be overkill for some (or all?) While there is the incomplete darcs +>> plugin in [[todo/darcs]], if you submit one that's complete, I will +>> probably accept it into ikiwiki.. --[[Joey]] + ## [[Git]] Regarding the Git support, Recai says: