So simple I'm embarrassed I didn't think to try it. I take it the repo is identified internally by a DB key and as long as that is left in place, the name and host information can change. However it's done, it works as advertised!
Thanks --Steve On Thursday, April 9, 2015 at 2:09:32 PM UTC-7, David Trowbridge wrote: > > Instead of registering the new name as a new repository, just update the > existing repository inside the Review Board admin to point to the new > hostname. After that, everything should work fine. > > -David > > On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 2:04 PM Steve <seide...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> Our company has decided to clean up our perforce host name conventions a >> bit and the short version is the server will have a new name. I've noticed >> that the reviews display the repo name in the review data like this: >> >> Repository: old_hostname:1666 >> If I rename old_hostname to new_hostname and register that server as a RB >> repo, will I still be able to see my diffs? If RB walks down the list of >> repos and tries to reconcile the change list number, it will find it on >> new_hostname and everything should work. If instead it pulls the hostname >> out of the review request and looks there, it won't because that hostname >> will be gone. What behavior will I see if I rename the perforce server? >> >> Thanks >> >> --Steve >> >> >> -- >> Supercharge your Review Board with Power Pack: >> https://www.reviewboard.org/powerpack/ >> Want us to host Review Board for you? Check out RBCommons: >> https://rbcommons.com/ >> Happy user? Let us know! https://www.reviewboard.org/users/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "reviewboard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to reviewboard...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- Supercharge your Review Board with Power Pack: https://www.reviewboard.org/powerpack/ Want us to host Review Board for you? Check out RBCommons: https://rbcommons.com/ Happy user? Let us know! https://www.reviewboard.org/users/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "reviewboard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to reviewboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
