Re: cvs repository mirror

[david]

> Hello,
> I would like to solve following problem.
> Since we have a huge amount of code and a relatively slow line,
> we need st. like repository mirror. (to avoid hours lasting
> checkouts) In fact we need the local and remote repository.
> In the ideal case we have everything from remote repository
> (changes,tags,rtags,branches...) in the local one plus possibility
> to make local-only branches in the local
> repository. So, to tar+gzip the whole remote repository periodicaly
> (and unzip as a local rep.) isn't a solution because we lost
> a possibility to store local branches.
> Could you recommend me any technique, please?
> 
Last time I looked at that we decided to go with CVSup, a method
of synchronizing the mirror repository with the central one (and
not the other way around).  It seems to work well for that.
You can find it at http://www.polstra.com/projects/freeware/CVSup/
and follow the directions.  There are provisions for having mirror-only
branches, the main restriction being that they cannot have the same
revision numbers as branches in the main repository.

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