[Python-Dev] Mercurial migration: help needed (original) (raw)
Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Sat Aug 22 17:47:41 CEST 2009
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Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
Dirkjan Ochtman writes:
> [Clients] cannot be trusted (e.g. I might put a win32text stub in > there somewhere that does nothing). Heck, just edit the .hgrules file, and do a Houdini on any and all handcuffs. Don't trust software, trust people -- but help them avoid thoughtless mistakes.
Yes, on the client side we're not trying to prevent someone doing the wrong thing deliberately - just nudging them towards doing the right thing so they won't run afoul of the server side checks that will actually enforce the line ending rules for the main repository.
Cheers, Nick.
-- Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan at gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia
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