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# add_file "Makefile"
# content [fce47b95f7658be53776cdaa88bccff91d3b7e56]
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# patch "distributed-version-control-systems.texinfo"
# from [de8285cf876044d9f6052b00df52cffd2cb5cd26]
# to [bd40cd657b7bbfe4de12fc5a32e77a8537ec08d3]
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--- Makefile fce47b95f7658be53776cdaa88bccff91d3b7e56
+++ Makefile fce47b95f7658be53776cdaa88bccff91d3b7e56
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+.SUFFIXES:
+
+EXTENSIONS := pdf html txt info
+DOCUMENT := distributed-version-control-systems
+
+all: $(foreach e,$(EXTENSIONS),$(DOCUMENT).$(e))
+
+%.pdf: %.texinfo
+ texi2pdf $<
+
+%.txt: %.texinfo
+ makeinfo --no-split --plaintext -o $@ $<
+
+%.html: %.texinfo
+ makeinfo --no-split --html -o $@ $<
+
+%.info: %.texinfo
+ makeinfo --no-split -o $@ $<
+
+clean:
+ -rm $(foreach e,aux cp fn ky log pg toc tp vr,$(DOCUMENT).$(e))
+ -rm *~
+
+realclean: clean
+ -rm $(foreach e,$(EXTENSIONS),$(DOCUMENT).$(e))
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--- distributed-version-control-systems.texinfo de8285cf876044d9f6052b00df52cffd2cb5cd26
+++ distributed-version-control-systems.texinfo bd40cd657b7bbfe4de12fc5a32e77a8537ec08d3
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ $ cd ../upstream; hg pull; hg tag --loca
$ cd ../upstream; hg pull; hg tag --local UPSTREAM_2
(review upstream changes:)
-$ hg diff -r UPSTREAM -r UPSTREAM_2
+$ hg diff -r UPSTREAM_1 -r UPSTREAM_2
$ cd ../private; hg pull; hg update --merge
(resolve conflicts)
$ hg commit -m "private 2: merge from upstream 2"
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ The four branches (four repositories) to
many files diverge between branches, even if the divergence is small.
The four branches (four repositories) together use 686 megabytes of
-stoage; this is 45% more than Meta-CVS.
+storage; this is 45% more than Meta-CVS.
Checkout time is however much faster, thanks to the delta-compressed
storage: 5 minutes.
@@ -602,16 +602,24 @@ Serves selected branches over an efficie
The conventional dots in branch names have no special meaning.
Serves selected branches over an efficient, special-purpose protocol
-called netsync; uses up one TCP port per repository served. Access to
-the database is concurrent, but has not yet been stress-tested for
-large repositories with many branches and connections. It is also not
-currently possible to host repositories on general-purpose HTTP
-servers, nor on SourceForge, Tigris, Alioth, Berlios or the like.
+called netsync; thus it is not possible to host repositories on
+general-purpose HTTP servers, nor on SourceForge, Tigris, Alioth,
+Berlios or the like. There are now several free hosting services
+using Monotone.
-There is a contributed tool, ``usher'', that allows serving several
-databases on one port number. Usher comes bundled with the Monotone
-source tarballs, and as source in the monotone package for Debian.
+Uses one TCP port per repository served; however, there is a
+contributed tool, ``usher'', that allows serving several databases on
+one port number. Usher comes bundled with the Monotone source
+tarballs, and as source in the monotone package for Debian. When the
+client specifies a branch, Usher finds the database that contains the
+branch and forwards the connection to the corresponding instance of
+Monotone.
+Can also serve branches over SSH; the client needs an SSH account on
+the server machine and spawns a private server remotely for the
+duration of the transaction. This server locks the database for
+exclusive use.
+
The repository is a single file, containing an SQLite database. This
is good for backups, and SQLite has a command-line tool that allows
massaging the database in case of emergencies (I know SQL, so this
@@ -625,6 +633,8 @@ No local tags, i.e. upstream will see al
Tags and branches are cheap. This is good.
No local tags, i.e. upstream will see all of my tags after I push.
+See @url{http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?18317,Bug #18317 on
+Savannah}.
Branching can only happen after making local changes; this is
counter-intuitive to me and error-prone; it is all too easy to make