[Gnu-arch-users] [MERGE REQUEST] Why no '--no-greedy-add' option for build-config?]

[Tom Lord]

Resent for BugGoo.

Haakon, putting the string [MERGE REQUEST] in your subject line causes
messages like yours to be remembered in a bug database in case I
happen to skip your message or forget about it.   (The currently
(deliberately) stalled queue of submissions will restart once
asuffield's pqm stuff is on-line.)

-t




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Tom,

>> From: Haakon Riiser <address@hidden>
>
>> 'tla get' has --no-greedy-add, but there's nothing like that for
>> 'tla build-config'.  I don't want every project I download to fill
>> up my greedy revision library, so what's the best way to avoid it?
>> The only thing I can think of is
>
>>   tla library-config --non-greedy $(tla my-revision-library)
>>   tla build-config <...>
>>   tla library-config --greedy $(tla my-revision-library)
>
>> but it doesn't feel right.
> 
> The option can and should be propogated to build-config.  (Patches
> welcome, of course.   I think this qualifies as a "bite-sized task".)

Done.  This is the first time I've set up a public HTTP archive,
but I think I got it right:

  archive name:     address@hidden
  archive location: http://folk.uio.no/hakonrk/archives
  project name:     tla--hrk--0

It was easy to add --no-greedy-add to build-config, but I noticed
that a lot of other commands (delta, for instance) have the same
problem.  It would be a /lot/ better if this could be set once and
for all for each checked out project.  For example, when a project
is checked out with --no-greedy-add, the user would probably like
this option to stick.  Or at least, that's how I would like it. :-)
Has this been discussed?

- -- 
 Haakon
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