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next: refactor two if blocks into an if-elif block We already checked the value of `needevolve and opts['evolve']` in the first if block above. In the first one it need to be True, in the second it needs to be False for the statements to execute. Since not(a or b) = not a and not b, we can join the second if block to the first one with an elif while dropping the explicit check. For me, this works better, because we're doing the same thing in both of these blocks (checking if working copy is dirty or not).
author Anton Shestakov <av6@dwimlabs.net>
date Sat, 15 May 2021 20:40:19 +0800
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.. Copyright 2011 Pierre-Yves David <pierre-yves.david@ens-lyon.org>
..                Logilab SA        <contact@logilab.fr>

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Good practice for (early) users of evolve
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Avoid unstability
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The less unstability you have the less you need to resolve.

Evolve is not yet able to detect and solve every situation. And your mind is
not ready neither.

Branch as much as possible
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This is not MQ; you are not constrained to linear history.

Making a branch per independent branch will help you avoid unstability
and conflict.

Rewrite your changes only
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There is no descent conflict detection and handling right now.
Rewriting other people's changesets guarantees that you will get
conflicts. Communicate with your fellow developers before trying to
touch other people's work (which is a good practice in any case).

Using multiple branches will help you to achieve this goal.

Prefer pushing unstability to touching other people changesets
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If you have children changesets from other people that you don't really care
about, prefer not altering them to risking a conflict by stabilizing them.


Do not get too confident
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This is an experimental extension and a complex concept. This is beautiful,
powerful and robust on paper, but the tool and your mind may not be prepared for
all situations yet.