Re: [fossil-users] Repo with many "initial" commits + more wish list

2015-01-27 Thread Andy Goth
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 1/27/2015 12:31 PM, Ron W wrote: > HOWEVER, the new repository will have the same repository ID as > the original. The project-code is easy to change. Often at work I deal with silliness where TCP can be initiated from computer A to computer B, bu

Re: [fossil-users] Repo with many "initial" commits + more wish list

2015-01-27 Thread Scott Robison
On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 6:57 AM, Tony Papadimitriou wrote: > * People wanting to come to FOSSIL from other systems (with the exception > of git for which there is an import feature) have to wait for a new project > if the want to keep the full history of changes, or go through a very > tedious an

Re: [fossil-users] Repo with many "initial" commits + more wish list

2015-01-27 Thread Ron W
On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 8:57 AM, Tony Papadimitriou wrote: > - You cannot split out a project at a later time (wish list). So, you're > stuck with this arrangement for good. > Actually, I think you "sort of" can. If you mark the roots of the projects you do NOT want to clone as private, then, I

Re: [fossil-users] Repo with many "initial" commits + more wish list

2015-01-27 Thread Ron W
On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 9:17 AM, Jim Kalafut wrote: > - You cannot split out a project at a later time (wish list). So, you're >> stuck with this arrangement for good. >> > > Is the brand new "bundle" command a potential solution for this? I've only > read the docs so far, but it seems pretty po

Re: [fossil-users] Repo with many "initial" commits + more wish list

2015-01-27 Thread Jim Kalafut
- You cannot split out a project at a later time (wish list). So, you're stuck with this arrangement for good. Is the brand new "bundle" command a potential solution for this? I've only read the docs so far, but it seems pretty powerful. Jim ___

Re: [fossil-users] Repo with many "initial" commits + more wish list

2015-01-27 Thread Tony Papadimitriou
It has its pros and cons. Most important ones I see: + Common files will only be stored once (having the same SHA) so overall size of repos is smaller than the total of separate repos, one for each project. - If common files change, you need to merge changes to each project separately, making

Re: [fossil-users] Repo with many "initial" commits

2015-01-27 Thread Vikrant Chaudhary
I personally think that "fossil open --empty" is a pretty good strategy to keep multiple projects in the same repository. Cheers. - Vikrant On 27 January 2015 at 03:57, Jim Kalafut wrote: > I have a number of small, disparate projects that I'm moving into > Fossil. I've noticed that "fossil im