Eiren Smith wrote on Fri, 18 Jun 2010 at 23:50 -0000: > On Jun 18, 2010, at 2:53 PM, Daniel Shahaf wrote: > > Eiren Smith wrote on Fri, 18 Jun 2010 at 10:01 -0400: > > > On Jun 18, 2010, at 3:07 AM, Daniel Shahaf wrote: > > > > Eiren Smith wrote on Thu, 17 Jun 2010 at 23:24 -0000: > > > > > Any ideas about how to handle this since I can't mimic the changes to > > > > > the > > > > > binary files modified in the missing revs? > > > > > > > > > > > > > Patch svnadmin to skip those particular files (hard-code them) when > > > > parsing a dumpfile? > > > > > > > > > > Sorry, I don't understand. Could you expand on that? > > > > > > > IIRC, you were suggested to dump the repository (in parts) in order to > > recover it. Normally, if you just load these dumpfiles, it will error > > at some point due to the missing revisions (which weren't dumped). So > > I suggested to recompile svnadmin with a one-off patch that changes the > > 'svnadmin load' logic to ignore anything in the dumpfiles that touches > > one of the files touched in those seven revisions. > > > > Essentially, look up what paths were touched in those seven revisions, > > and then patch load.c so that, when it parses from the dumpfile an entry > > concerning one of those files, the entry gets ignored (dropped on the > > floor) and will not be forwarded to the FS layer as normal (with the aim > > of making a commit to the repository-being-loaded-into). > > > > Clearer? > > Clear. Thanks, Daniel. > > If I wind up going that route, I'll do also check revision numbers so I only > start ignoring those files at the point where I'm missing revision files that > include modifications to them, leaving previous revision history for them > intact. > > I might also do some fake revisions (to some unrelated dummy files, I suppose) > to keep my revision numbers from shifting. >
I'd just do a propset on those same files... Daniel (btw, if you need help getting that patch done, feel free to ask) > /eiren
