Re: To diff or not to diff

From: Steven E. Harris (seh_at_torus.sehlabs.com)
Date: 08/16/04 

Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 16:51:11 -0700

Ron Garret <rNOSPAMon@flownet.com> writes:

> It looks promising, but it too (like most version control systems
> I've looked at) is missing what I consider to be a crucial feature:
> the ability to create a private "checkpoint" of changes you've made
> to a working copy without making those changes visible to others.

BitKeeper¹ supports that concept. You can commit "deltas" to individual
files, but none of those deltas can even be seen by another repository
until you bundle them up into a "changeset".² Even then, propagating
changesets from your repository is optional.

Footnotes:
¹ http://www.bitkeeper.com/
² http://www.bitkeeper.com/UG/BitKeeper.ChangeSets.html 

-- 
Steven E. Harris

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