A regenerated git-cvsserver database is at risk of having different CVS revision numbers from an incrementally updated database. Mention this in the the documentation, and remove an erroneous statement to the contrary. Signed-off-by: Matthew Ogilvie <mmogilvi_git@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt | 19 +++++++++++++++---- 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt index 785779e..99a7c14 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt @@ -182,10 +182,9 @@ Database Backend ---------------- 'git-cvsserver' uses one database per git head (i.e. CVS module) to -store information about the repository for faster access. The -database doesn't contain any persistent data and can be completely -regenerated from the git repository at any time. The database -needs to be updated (i.e. written to) after every commit. +store information about the repository to maintain consistent +CVS revision numbers. The database needs to be +updated (i.e. written to) after every commit. If the commit is done directly by using `git` (as opposed to using 'git-cvsserver') the update will need to happen on the @@ -204,6 +203,18 @@ write so it might not be enough to grant the users using 'git-cvsserver' write access to the database file without granting them write access to the directory, too. +The database can not be reliably regenerated in a +consistent form after the branch it is tracking has changed. +Example: For merged branches, 'git-cvsserver' only tracks +one branch of development, and after a 'git-merge' an +incrementally updated database may track a different branch +than a database regenerated from scratch, causing inconsistent +CVS revision numbers. `git-cvsserver` has no way of knowing which +branch it would have picked if it had been run incrementally +pre-merge. So if you have to fully or partially (from old +backup) regenerate the database, you should be suspicious +of pre-existing CVS sandboxes. + You can configure the database backend with the following configuration variables: -- 1.6.4.GIT -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html