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[Michael Diers <mdiers@xxxxxxxx>]

Max Bowsher wrote:
> I see someone (Michael?) has used 'bzr push --overwrite' on our
> packaging branches.

Yes, I admit to that.

> I'd like to propose that we almost never do this (because it is an
> operation which removes history, without any comment explaining why) -
> or, if a circumstance arises where it is appropriate, let's make a habit
> of sending an accompanying email to this list to document the cause.

Agreed.

> Unless there's a particular reason not to (?), I will probably merge the
> old removed history.

May I suggest that, in this case, there is reason not to resurrect/merge
the overwritten history.

The deleted infomation was a result of a number of bad calls regarding
merge flow across the branches. I really wished I hadn't propagated the
changes into the lp:~svn branches in the first place...

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Michael Diers, elego Software Solutions GmbH, http://www.elego.de