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[Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@xxxxxxxxx>]

Heya,

On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 20:51, Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Where is the documentation for 'feature date-format=<FORMAT>'?

D'oh, I forgot, my bad.

> Also, IIRC the fast-import list agreed that the <feature> name must
> match the re ^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z-]*$.

Ah, yes, of course, I'll update that.

> Saying that here does somewhat
> help another fast-import developer to use the same stream format,
> but it does not help a user to understand what features they can
> ask for in their stream.

No, you're absolutely right, there should be a section on supported features.

> So its legal to change the data format in the middle of a stream?

I'll add a !seen_non_option_command check to parse_feature, perhaps
renaming it to 'seen_data_command'?

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Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier