On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 2:16 AM, Michael DeHaan <mdeh...@redhat.com> wrote: > Dick Davies wrote: >> Does anyone have any documentation on what >> >> scm_track_enabled: 1 >> >> should do? I'm assuming cobbler creates its own git repo and starts >> versioning >> its config, but I've no idea where it would/should be. Thanks! >> _______________________________________________ >> cobbler mailing list >> cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org >> https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler >> > > Thanks for the heads up, we don't have a Wiki page on this -- it works > pretty much as it says but I > should be more explicit and it should be on the Wiki too. > > The settings file says: > > # enables a trigger which version controls all changes to /var/lib/cobbler > # when add, edit, or sync events are performed. This can be used > # to revert to previous database versions, generate RSS feeds, or for > # other auditing or backup purposes. git is the recommend SCM > # for use with this feature. > > The git repo is just /var/lib/cobbler/.git, so it makes /var/lib/cobbler > a git repo.
Oh yeah, there it is :) Thanks! > Here's the source (as of now), which shows which directories under > /var/lib/cobbler are tracked Cool, didn't realise there was a github mirror of the Cobbler repo. > http://github.com/mpdehaan/cobbler/blob/0f85c4ebb7d896868b1f1e2fbe98f1ff8340fcc1/cobbler/modules/scm_track.py > Any ideas you have on how we can make this better are welcome. One > known is that if you do a lot of batch API edits, edits with xargs and > so forth, (or cobbler replicates) it generates an event once for each > edit, which can be a lot and the trigger (because it must fire up git > each time) can be a little slow. We've theorized some way to open up a > transaction may be a good idea, and then teaching the trigger to make > less checkins. Solution there TBD as we've been generally looking at > other things. When I get a bit of time, I'll have a look. Thanks again. _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
