Re: [Gnu-arch-users] create a fresh tree

[John A Meinel]

Michael Hanna wrote:
> how do I create a fresh tree from a set of files that have been put in 
> the repository in the past?
>
> I want to restart my tree, but when I try
>
> tla init-tree prompter--dev--0.51
>
> I get no error message and the {arch} dir appears.
>
> but when I try
>
> tla inventory
>
> all the files are already added! How is this possible, even after I 
> delete the original category--branch--version file hierarchy. I left the 
> archive > =meta-info > name alone though.
>
> regards,
> Michael

If you are using a tagging method of explicit (the default), in every 
directory there will be a subdir called ".arch-ids", in which there 
should be files <filename>.id with one .id file for each file you have 
added.

This is how tla keeps track of what files have been added. This is 
usually nice, as if you move a directory, tla knows that all the files 
(and the directory) has moved without you having to do anything.

If you are using the tagline, then each file contains the tagline, and 
tla would recognize this as well.

I'm guessing this should actually be okay. But if you feel differently, 
you can always run:

find . -name ".arch-ids" -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf

John
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