Re: Repairing repository

2002-07-30 Thread Mike Pumford
The device upon which my repository was stored has failed. I have last week's backup, but I had done some checkins since then. Fortunately, I have an up to date tree. I have copied the backup in to create a new repository. Now I must identify the files in the current working

RE: Repairing repository

2002-07-30 Thread Bill
Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Eric Siegerman Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 15:38 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Repairing repository On Mon, Jul 29, 2002 at 02:40:05PM -0400, Matt Riechers wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have copied

Re: Repairing repository

2002-07-30 Thread Eric Siegerman
On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 09:05:08AM -0400, Bill wrote: Whatever you do, make sure you use tags liberally. Emphatically seconded! -- | | /\ |-_|/ Eric Siegerman, Toronto, Ont.[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | / Anyone who swims with the current will reach the big music steamship; whoever

Re: Repairing repository

2002-07-30 Thread Mike Ayers
Okay, here's how I restored my repository from a recent archive of the repository itself and a good working tree (sandbox). Thanks to all who responded - I couldn't have done it without you. First, all work is done on copies of the archive and the sandbox. Whenever I made a

Repairing repository

2002-07-29 Thread Mike Ayers
The device upon which my repository was stored has failed. I have last week's backup, but I had done some checkins since then. Fortunately, I have an up to date tree. I have copied the backup in to create a new repository. Now I must identify the files in the current working tree

Re: Repairing repository

2002-07-29 Thread Matt Riechers
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have copied the backup in to create a new repository. Now I must identify the files in the current working tree which are newer than (different from) the files in the repository, and get them comitted. Any suggestions for the easy way to do this? What's wrong

Re: Repairing repository

2002-07-29 Thread Mike Ayers
Matt Riechers wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have copied the backup in to create a new repository. Now I must identify the files in the current working tree which are newer than (different from) the files in the repository, and get them comitted. Any suggestions for the easy way to do

Re: Repairing repository

2002-07-29 Thread Matt Riechers
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Will update then mark all files which are different from the repository as commitable, so I can just commit them and be back where I was? If so, my day just got considerably brighter... Essentially, yes. It will be as if you had checked out a fresh tree, and just

Re: Repairing repository

2002-07-29 Thread Donald Sharp
If you have two different tree's( the cvs workspace and the hard copyout ). I'd diff the two and then patch the changes into the cvs workspace... donald On Mon, Jul 29, 2002 at 11:48:53AM -0700, Mike Ayers wrote: Matt Riechers wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have copied the backup

Re: Repairing repository

2002-07-29 Thread Eric Siegerman
On Mon, Jul 29, 2002 at 02:40:05PM -0400, Matt Riechers wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have copied the backup in to create a new repository. Now I must identify the files in the current working tree which are newer than (different from) the files in the repository, and get them

Re: Repairing repository

2002-07-29 Thread Matt Riechers
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's wrong with 'cvs update/commit'? Lots! The sandbox's state information doesn't correspond with the restored repo. I don't know what the results will be, but it could get ugly. Oops. You're right. If CVS/Entries has files dated newer than the repository,

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2002-07-29 Thread Mike Ayers
Matt Riechers wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Will update then mark all files which are different from the repository as commitable, so I can just commit them and be back where I was? If so, my day just got considerably brighter... Essentially, yes. It will be as if you had