Re: [Monotone-devel] cvssync-refactor

[Nathaniel Smith]

On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 07:20:34PM +1100, William Uther wrote:
> Because mtn_cvs is now using mtn automate to get at the database, it  
> doesn't seem to have a transaction wrapped about everything any  
> more.  This means that if something goes wrong during an mtn_cvs  
> operation, the mtn database can be left in an inconsistent state.

Please define "inconsistent state"?  It should be possible to get a
database that contains some stuff that isn't quite as complete as you
were expecting, but this is usually not that big a deal.  It shouldn't
be possible to get a database that makes anything blow up.

-- Nathaniel

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