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1185.1.29 by Robert Collins
merge merge tweaks from aaron, which includes latest .dev
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Web interface
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The web interface may be the first way many people interact with a new
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VC system.  It may not be core functionality but it is important.
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mpe says he likes the bkbits.net one, in particular that you can
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quickly search the comments and pull out individual patches.  However,
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it does not really give people a good sense of how the tool works.
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The `Aegis web interface`__ is rather better, giving a good sense (for
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better or worse) of the ideas behind the tool, as well as the
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particular tree being viewed.  For example you can see that all
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changes in progress are registered, that one can identify conflicts
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before a merge is attempted and so on.  In part this is because there
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are many links ("Information available") and they are explained in
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some detail:
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  "This item will provide you with a list of changes to this project,
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  including those which have not yet commenced, those in progress, and
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  those which have been completed."
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__ http://aegis.sourceforge.net/webiface.html