On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 09:07:03PM +0100, Andy Jones wrote: > Mhh.. in fact if you are in the "I'm not sure I want it forever" area, > you probably should better import it in a new DB, yes. > > Noted. > > To remove it from the DB you have to use the scary command: > mtn db kill_branch_certs_locally BRANCH-NAME > > I'll run any scary command you like (on a branch I'm not developing > myself), so long as you don't want me to do a sync afterwards...
Why are you afraid of sync'ing? It's not like the server will let you corrupt anything :-). > In order to get rid of the extra file size you'd have to create a new > DB and locally sync the branches you're interested in into the new DB, > and then drop the old one. > > Eeek. That isn't good. I would have thought that this was a pretty > likely use case, if you compare with how CVS or Subversion is used. This is the better solution, anyway -- don't screw around with db kill_branch_certs_locally, that's a hack for very restricted use (basically, when you want to try and rename a branch, damn the torpedos). Just from the start do $ mtn db init -d cleaned.mtn $ mtn -d cleaned.mtn pull file:dirty.mtn --exclude <branch to get rid of> In general, we are still sort of working out best practices ourselves, and changing around the software too (e.g., that last line wouldn't have worked a few versions ago :-)). It still would be _really nice_ to have more information on achieving practical goals in the manual -- possibly organized in a question-and-answer format. In the current manual, the reference section is good, but the other parts could use a little work. My feeling is that the tutorial is a little linear -- not everyone cares about all the things it mentions -- but also limited -- some of the "advanced uses" topics are a bit random, and would be more useful if phrased in a more tutorial-oriented format. -- Nathaniel -- "But in Middle-earth, the distinct accusative case disappeared from the speech of the Noldor (such things happen when you are busy fighting Orcs, Balrogs, and Dragons)." _______________________________________________ Monotone-devel mailing list Monotone-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/monotone-devel
