Why are cloaked folders branched
Moderator: SourceGear
Why are cloaked folders branched
The subject says it all. Why do cloaked folders get branched when starting the branch from a higher folder in the project tree? Your help file states "The Cloak command allows you to specify that a folder should be ignored during other operations". Maybe you should improve that a bit and say WHICH operations. I now have to obliterate 3 GB worth of files.
There are two types of functions. Those that manipulate data in the server and those that manipulate data only on a client. The cloak function only manipulates data on a client. The functions that can't act on it are also the types of functions that only manipulate data on a client. Some examples of those kinds of functions would be various types of Gets and Check-Outs.
How you can tell what kind of function a particular command is to see if it's something that everyone can see the results or if only you see the results. No one else will see a Get to your machine, but they will see a branch.
How you can tell what kind of function a particular command is to see if it's something that everyone can see the results or if only you see the results. No one else will see a Get to your machine, but they will see a branch.