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

Am 27.05.2010 13:49, schrieb Michael Haggerty:
> Markus Schöpflin wrote:

[...]

>> 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.

Yes, of course! I obviously didn't see the wood for the trees.

> 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.

That's probably the way to go then.

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

I'm hoping to be able to provide a little more detail for the problem I'm 
facing and a test repo in the next few days.

So far it looks a lot like the problem described in the thread 'branch 
creation uses wrong starting point' from a few weeks ago.

Markus

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