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Re: [Groff] GNU Bazaar import of Groff
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Colin Watson |
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Re: [Groff] GNU Bazaar import of Groff |
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Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:50:00 +0000 |
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On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 08:24:41AM +0100, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> Colin Watson wrote:
> > It's one revision per affected file. It could well be a bug in the
> > conversion program (or at least the lack of a feature to handle this
> > sort of thing some better way; it does have to track it somehow when
> > a file is on a branch other than MAIN, since if that changes the
> > effective contents of the repository could change without there
> > being anything that looks like a changeset expressing the change),
> > although from the sound of things it is also an unintended
> > repository layout. :-)
>
> What about contacting the bzr authors, asking for an option to the
> CVS->bzr converter so that you can suppress `branch imports'
> altogether? Perhaps better, I can imagine having an option which
> accepts a file with a list of file names or directories which
> shouldn't be handled as being on a branch.
While that might be possible, this typically runs unattended under
fairly minimal configuration.
> > If these files aren't actually supposed to have their default branch
> > set to 1.1.1 (essentially equivalent to a vendor branch), then
> > perhaps you could fix it in the repository? Running 'cvs admin -b'
> > on each affected file ought to do it.
>
> This is something the Savannah people have to execute, I believe. Can
> you provide a batch file which does exactly the right thing? It looks
> like a good and simple solution, regardless of contacting the bzr
> developers.
I've attached a script which does this; it needs to be run from a
checkout of :ext:cvs.savannah.gnu.org:/sources/groff module groff. I've
tested that it produces no textual change in a CVS checkout, and that
after this the bzr conversion creates no filler changesets.
Thanks,
--
Colin Watson address@hidden
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- [Groff] GNU Bazaar import of Groff, Colin Watson, 2009/02/15
- Re: [Groff] GNU Bazaar import of Groff, Robert Thorsby, 2009/02/15
- Re: [Groff] GNU Bazaar import of Groff, Werner LEMBERG, 2009/02/16
- Re: [Groff] GNU Bazaar import of Groff, Colin Watson, 2009/02/16
- Re: [Groff] GNU Bazaar import of Groff, Werner LEMBERG, 2009/02/18
- Re: [Groff] GNU Bazaar import of Groff,
Colin Watson <=
- Re: [Groff] GNU Bazaar import of Groff, Werner LEMBERG, 2009/02/22
- Re: [Groff] GNU Bazaar import of Groff, Colin Watson, 2009/02/26
- Re: [Groff] GNU Bazaar import of Groff, Werner LEMBERG, 2009/02/26
- Re: [Groff] GNU Bazaar import of Groff, Colin Watson, 2009/02/26
- Re: [Groff] GNU Bazaar import of Groff, Werner LEMBERG, 2009/02/27
Re: [Groff] GNU Bazaar import of Groff, Joerg van den Hoff, 2009/02/16