Ha: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] How to (re)generate full revision libraries

[Alexander Popkov]

Big thanks, all works fine!

WBR, Popkov Alexander

address@hidden wrote 25.05.2005
14:57:04:

> On Wed, 25 May 2005 12:27:47 +0400
> Alexander Popkov <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > My revlib options: greedy, sparse
> > 
> > Now, I am want to setup revision browser (web interface), which
gives 
> > information from revlib directory,
> > but this directory contain not all revisions, why? And how to
setup
> > revlib for storing _all_ revisions, and how to regenerate leave
> > revisions at once?
> 
> This would be because it is sparse. A sparse library means it will
just
> add specific revisions when it needs them. Say you check out base-0
of
> some project, then some time later "update" it to patch-10.
In this
> instance, a sparse library will only contain base-0 and patch-10.
If you
> want all the revisions, just turn off sparse. It runs at about the
same
> speed, just eats up more disk space. (Not too much more, though, on
> account of hard linking).
> 
> One thing this won't do is add all the intervening revisions. E.g
in the
> example above if you turn off sparse, then update to patch-20, you'd
get
> patch-11 to patch-20 in there, but still no 1 to 9. If you really
want
> everything, then I'd suggest delete all the current patch-* revisions
> (leave the bases), then run something like "baz status"
or "tla changes"
> in every checked-out directory you have. That will fill up the library.
> 
> -- 
> Paul "LeoNerd" Evans
> 
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