On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 10:55:48AM +0100, Jakub Narebski wrote: > How Mercurial solves problem of multiple _persistent_ branches? Does it > add pointers to commits somewhere deeper in changelog / revlog? Each changeset may have a branch marker. Here's branches in use with an import of mutt's CVS history: $ hg branches mutt-0-94 208:b2cc0abd8fe0 HEAD 207:a505693b54c1 mutt-0-93 134:d59345944030 muttintl 1:29510de8b3fc $ hg co HEAD 176 files updated, 0 files merged, 8 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ hg branch HEAD $ hg branch devel $ hg branch devel $ hg branch devel > BTW does Mercurial have tags? Yes. Both local and revision-controlled. > Nice to know. You compress only file deltas, or also file revision > metadata? Do you compress manifests (trees) and commits (or at least > commit messages) too? All three use the same underlying storage format, so yes. -- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html