Never mind! I found the problem. Misspelled branch name. Ouch! Why did it take me a whole day to figure this out.
-- hendrik On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 05:17:19PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > I seem to have a data base that I can sync with (from one client system) > but cannot clone (to another ckient system). Is this worth preserving > to find out why monotone exhibits thie strange behaviour? If so, I'll > try to keep it aroung for analysis. If not, I'll just delete it. > > -- hendrik > > On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 08:03:23AM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > I'm sorry to be asking basic usage questions again. > > > > I have no trouble with the everyday use of monotone -- mind you, the > > everyday commands are add, drop, sync, and update and they are pretty > > simple once everything has been set up. > > > > But I don't clone often. I don't set up new databases often, and I > > regret to say that I still need to ask on this list every time I do it. > > I always seem to do something wrong. > > > > Today it's cloning a database from a server to a new machine. > > > > Is clone even the right way to do this? I could perhaps fall back > > to the more specific nonamalgameted commands. > > > > hendrik@midwinter:~$ mtn clone --db=~/.monotone/databases/howto.mtn --key > > hend...@midwinter.topoi.pooq.com > > mtn://topoi.pooq.com/howto?com.pooq.hendrik.howto > > --branch=com.pooq.hendrik.howto howto > > mtn: connecting to 'mtn://topoi.pooq.com/howto' > > mtn: include pattern 'com.pooq.hendrik.howto' > > mtn: exclude pattern '' > > mtn: finding items to synchronize: > > mtn: successful exchange with 'mtn://topoi.pooq.com/howto' > > mtn: bytes in | bytes out | certs in > > mtn: 351 | 701 | 0/0 > > mtn: misuse: branch 'com.pooq.hendrik.howto' is empty > > hendrik@midwinter:~$ > > > > and listing the branches agrees. > > > > hendrik@midwinter:~$ mtn -d ~/.monotone/databases/howto.mtn list branches > > hendrik@midwinter:~$ > > > > The thing is, listing the branches on the server does *not* agree: > > > > hendrik@april:~$ mtn -d ~/.monotone/databases/howto.mtn list branches > > com.pooq.topoi.howto > > hendrik@april:~$ > > > > (yes, the computer identifying itself as april in indeed also topoi. > > That's not the problem) > > > > Somehow I've missed out on doing something. I'm hoping other eyes will > > see what I don't. > > > > Here's are the relevant usher stanzas I use on the server > > > > userpass "hendrik" "notmypassword" > > monotone "/usr/bin/mtn" "-k" "hend...@topoi.pooq.com" > > listenaddr "0.0.0.0:4691" > > adminaddr "127.0.0.3:12345" > > logdir "/farhome/hendrik/monotone/usher-log/" > > > > server "howto" > > host "0.0.0.0" > > pattern "com.pooq.topoi.howto" > > local "-d" "/farhome/hendrik/.monotone/databases/howto.mtn" > > > > -- hendrik > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Monotone-devel mailing list > > Monotone-devel@nongnu.org > > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/monotone-devel > > _______________________________________________ > Monotone-devel mailing list > Monotone-devel@nongnu.org > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/monotone-devel _______________________________________________ Monotone-devel mailing list Monotone-devel@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/monotone-devel
