[Bug-gnu-arch] [bugs #6568] Import refuses to import things added with tla add

[Tom Lord]

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Generally, new users do have to take some

time learning how inventories work and what

you describe sounds like a slightly unsual 

variation on a mistake that new users often

make once or twice and then get the hang of.



You haven't suggested any specific change here,

though.   Did you have one in mind?










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URL: <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=6568>
Project: GNU arch -- a revision control system
Submitted by: Thomas Zander
On: Sat 11/15/2003 at 02:19

Category:  tla
Severity:  5 - Average
Item Group:  bug
Resolution:  None
Status:  Feedback
Release:  b8
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Merge Request?:  None
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Summary:  Import refuses to import things added with tla add

Original Submission:  While importing a tree I used 'tla add' for all files.
With 'tla import' I kept getting errors on files I did not add, but which were 
sources, so I started editing the =tagging-method file.

I made the mistake (after some frustration) to make the 'backup' rule 
completely empty (so _all_ files were backup)
My reasoning for this was that files that were explicitly added were immume 
from regular expressions.

After a successfull tla import I noticed that absolutely no files were actually 
imported, which seems very wrong to me.

On a seperate note; I could only import one time, so this failure was 
non-recoverable.  So far for tla import attempt number 10...

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Date: Wed 12/03/2003 at 09:14       By: tomlord
Generally, new users do have to take some

time learning how inventories work and what

you describe sounds like a slightly unsual 

variation on a mistake that new users often

make once or twice and then get the hang of.



You haven't suggested any specific change here,

though.   Did you have one in mind?





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Date: Sun 11/16/2003 at 04:57       By: zander
I managed to get my files into tla, thanx, but your answer does not cover the 
problem that reg-expes are 'stonger' then manually added IDs.

Even if that is covered in the tutorial, its so counter intuitive that I think 
its a bug.

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Date: Sun 11/16/2003 at 04:50       By: robertc
you can only import once; but you can commit thereafter to correc the situation.



A suggestion, use tla inventory -s before importing, to ensure that you have 
the regexes the way you want them. IIRC this is covered in the tutorial.












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