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Re: [Monotone-devel] cvssync-refactor
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Nathaniel Smith |
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Re: [Monotone-devel] cvssync-refactor |
Date: |
Fri, 9 Mar 2007 01:03:50 -0800 |
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Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) |
On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 07:20:34PM +1100, William Uther wrote:
> Because mtn_cvs is now using mtn automate to get at the database, it
> doesn't seem to have a transaction wrapped about everything any
> more. This means that if something goes wrong during an mtn_cvs
> operation, the mtn database can be left in an inconsistent state.
Please define "inconsistent state"? It should be possible to get a
database that contains some stuff that isn't quite as complete as you
were expecting, but this is usually not that big a deal. It shouldn't
be possible to get a database that makes anything blow up.
-- Nathaniel
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