On Jun 19, 2010, at 2:27 AM, Daniel Shahaf wrote:
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...
How would setting properties help preserve version numbering?
Daniel
(btw, if you need help getting that patch done, feel free to ask)
Thank you very much for your offer, Daniel! I've still got one shot at
recovering some or all of my seven missing revs/ files from that
troubled drive and I'm working on it. If my recovery fails, I'll
likely take you up on your offer.
/eiren
