Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Newbie questions about arch

[Michael Poole]

Giovanni Giorgi <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi All!
>  I have imported a quite complex directory tree on arch
> I have done all the things in the right way I suppose, but I got this
> strange log, running
>  tla changelog
>
> The log contains:
> [...]
>     new files:
>      c/comple/comple-4.0.3/.arch-ids/=id
>      c/comple/comple-4.0.3/.arch-ids/Makefile.id
>      c/comple/comple-4.0.3/.arch-ids/TODO.id
>      c/comple/comple-4.0.3/.arch-ids/musica.c.id
>      c/comple/comple-4.0.3/.arch-ids/suka.mus.id2A
>      c/comple/comple-4.0.3/Makefile c/comple/comple-4.0.3/TODO
> [...]
>
> is this right or I add to arch the file ids (!!)?

The default tagging method is to have explicit ID tags for each file;
they are stored in the .arch-ids subdirectories.  The behavior you see
is expected.

> I have also a small mac-problem; on Mac OS X, Finder creates some special
> files called
>       .DS_Store
> arch complains about these files ("These files violate naming
> conventions:").
>
> How can I instruct arch to ignore these files?

This can be configured in the per-directory .arch-inventory file or in
the per-working-directory {arch}/=tagging-method file.  The comments
in the latter explain it pretty well; you can also read Tom Lord's
Arch Tutorial (http://regexps.srparish.net/tutorial-tla/arch.html) --
the "Customizing the inventory Naming Conventions" section explains
this in more detail.

I hope this helps.

Michael Poole