Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: renaming branches

[Gerhard Schuck]

Gerhard Schuck wrote:
> graydon hoare wrote:
>
> > Gerhard Schuck wrote:
> >
> > > simple question: Is it possible to rename (or delete) branches? The 
>
> [...]
>
> > it's possible, yes. you'd need to reissue new branch certs with the 
[...]

> I tried the above commands in the following way:
>
> #!/bin/bash
> ARCHIVE=/home/gs/monotone/test.db
> OLD_BRANCH=Test
> NEW_BRANCH=test
>
> FROM=$(echo -n $OLD_BRANCH | mimencode)
> IDS=$(monotone --db=$ARCHIVE debug "$(printf "select id from
> manifest_certs where name='branch' and value='%s\n'" $FROM)" | grep -v row)
> monotone --db=$ARCHIVE debug "$(printf "delete from manifest_certs where
> name='branch' and value='%s\n'" $FROM)"
> for i in $IDS
> do
>    monotone --db=$ARCHIVE cert manifest manifest $i branch $NEW_BRANCH
> done
>
>
> That script failed with the following error message:
[...]


After correcting the double "manifest" and adding "--branch=$NEW_BRANCH" 
now it works:

    monotone --db=$ARCHIVE --branch=$NEW_BRANCH cert manifest  $i 
branch $NEW_BRANCH

If anyone else wants to try: There are some error messages, which can be 
ignored. Don't forget to adopt the /MT/options files in the respective 
working directories to the new branch names.

Many thanks to Graydon

Gerhard