Re: Option for destroy_repository to track which file/path gets which name?

Markus Schöpflin wrote:
> while trying to track down a conversion problem from CVS to Git (and 
> eventually get together a meaningful bug report), I used destroy_repository 
> to create a stripped down version of the problematic CVS repository.
> 
> Now I'm having serious troubles to locate the problematic areas in the 
> destroyed repository. Is there a way to tell the script to output a log of 
> which file/path gets which name? I couldn't find anything in the usage info 
> of the script.

There is no such feature (though it wouldn't be difficult to add).  But
you can ask destroy_repository to *not* rename files and directories
("--no-filenames --no-dirnames"), or to *not* rename symbols
("--no-symbols"), or to leave other metadata intact ("--no-metadata").
Some combination of those options should leave enough information that
you can still find the problem.

If you are reluctant to release even so much information, then I suggest
running destroy_repository with only the "--data" option, then use
shrink_test_case.py to boil your test case down to a small size (usually
1-3 files), and *then* run destroy_repository again to get rid of the
rest of the proprietary info.

Either way, we look forward to getting your test case :-)

Michael

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