Re: [Gnu-arch-users] rapid repair of corrupted revision library?

[Nikolai Weibull]

* Andrew Wilcox (Jan 14, 2005 16:10):
> In a tree I had retrieved with "tla get --link", I corrupted my
> revision library by using a plain "cp" command removing the linked
> file first.  I quickly gave up trying to remove the resulting
> corrupted revisions one by one.

> Does anyone have a tool to selectively remove all corrupted revisions
> from a library?

> And would this actually be faster than deleting the entire library and
> starting over?

> Just *deleting* my old revision library directory took a while. :-(

> And, is "cp --remove-destination" is the correct invocation to use
> inside a hard linked tree?

Could someone perhaps write something on revision libraries on the Wiki?
I haven't really _got_ everything yet, either.  Some pointers, no-nos,
and do-dos would be great.
        nikolai

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