I think you're mixing up two separate problems here: 1. Resetting a repository deletes not only the repository contents, but the wiki too. There's a problem in that not everybody realizes the wiki is stored in the /wiki directory of subversion. We need to remind people of that before they obliterate their own svn data.
2. Switching from svn to hg entails *no* risk at all. The svn repository is still available after the switch; it's simply read-only. Thus it's easy to still 'svnsync' the svn history (the export function you hypothesize about) to elsewhere, or 'hg convert' the svn repository into a new hg repository. On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 8:33 PM, Fu Yicong <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Chris and Ben for the reply. > If it is costly to support the seamless data migration, then it is a > MUST to prompt an explicit warning when user turns on or switches > version control. Otherwise, the switch could be comprehended as > ordinary as changing a preference item, while in fact it is not - on > the contrary, a disastrous action. > > Besides, is it possible to provide a data export function? If version > control switch is inevitable, user at least should be able to download > all his/her wiki/source code to local, then upload again after version > control switch is done. (or, can you put a notice as a good practice: > "Before switching, please clone all the data from repository to local > as primary data, ....." Instructing user what to do to help migrating > his/her data is always considerate) > > > On Nov 10, 10:33 am, Ben Collins-Sussman <[email protected]> wrote: >> We are definitely planning to add a note that you suggest, Chris... so >> that people resetting their repositories are reminded that the wiki is >> stored there too. >> >> Also: in the case of dire mistakes and hundreds of hours of lost wiki >> data, we can also restore wiki stuff from backup. It would have to be >> a special case, but it's possible. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 7:28 PM, Chris DiBona <[email protected]> wrote: >> > When a user resets their version control, where those wiki pages were >> > stored, and then they were no longer available, this is the >> > programmed behavior. This isn't an ambiguous result. >> > I might point out that the reset routine says in big red letters, >> > Warning: Resetting the repository will delete everything in the repository >> > and its history. >> > Additionally, it asks you to consider mightily what you are doing. I don't >> > think that we can do more than we're doing while maintaining functionality >> > and have it change the number of people who overlook this and make a >> > mistake >> > while resetting. >> > I have sympathy, as I've made similar mistakes, one answer might be that we >> > might want to add "Including any wiki content you may have made", but the >> > rest is pretty clear that this is a fairly dire thing to want to do. >> > Chris >> >> > On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 5:14 PM, Fu Yicong <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> My god, how can this happen?? After I found that my old wiki contents >> >> are not editable, I tried to create a new one, then found that all my >> >> old contents are gone!! >> >> Such unexpected data loss should never be overlooked by >> >> code.google.com engineers, right?? It's lucky that I happened to have >> >> a quick backup - copy+paste to a rich editor, but later turned out >> >> just ill-formatted text afterwards..... >> >> >> Since many project owners like me, may have written wiki by hand >> >> first, without using any SCM, later decided to turn on svn or hg, do >> >> you expect they to see losing existing wiki at all?? >> >> Even you may put a warning, it still require extra work for project >> >> owners to transit old wiki to new one - and is there a good way? - >> >> Just how difficult is it to migrate old wiki to new one seamlessly and >> >> automatically? Must there be a suffering for end users? >> >> >> I'm already losing quite some trust in code.google.com. Starting to >> >> wonder what if I happen to switch from svn to hg one day, will it lose >> >> data too? Both code and document? Can't imagine. >> >> >> Hope anyone who's in charge provide an answer to we faithful but >> >> disappointed Google users. >> >> >> On Nov 7, 5:34 am, Jacob Lee <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > That's occurring because your wiki pages no longer exist in source >> >> > control. Wiki pages are stored under /wiki in your subversion >> >> > repository; when you reset the repository, you deleted those wiki >> >> > pages. Unfortunately, the wiki editor doesn't handle this case well at >> >> > all - it throws errors. >> >> >> > If you want, we can synchronize your wiki with the contents in >> >> > subversion - just note that in your case, this will remove all of your >> >> > wiki pages. >> >> >> > -- >> >> > Jacob Lee >> >> > [email protected] >> >> >> > On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Kevin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> > > when trying to edit any of my wiki pages, i get the following error >> >> >> > > Server Error >> >> >> > > The server encountered an error and could not complete your request. >> >> > > If the problem persists, please report your problem and mention this >> >> > > error message and the query that caused it. >> >> >> > > The report link takes me to the main google help, where google code is >> >> > > no where to be found. >> >> >> > > What do i do? >> >> > -- >> > Open Source Programs Manager, Google Inc. >> > Google's Open Source and Developer programs can be found at >> >http://code.google.com >> > Personal Site and Weblog:http://dibona.com > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hosting at Google Code" group. 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