Re: Hot backup changes

cmpilato@collab.net wrote:
>
> Andy McCarty <mccarw@lom.med.va.gov> writes:
>
> > * cmpilato@collab.net <cmpilato@collab.net> [2002-08-20 23:01:19 -0500]:
> >
> > >
> > > So, the rule is:
> > >
> > > if (backup file exists)
> > > svnadmin dump --incremental last-rev > backup_file
> > > else
> > > svnadmin dump --incremental 0 last-rev > backup_file
> > >
> > > ?
> > >
> >
> > Any log changes will have to be done on the day of the
> > commit or it will not be recorded in the dumps.
> >
> > Correct?
>
> Wow, very correct. And might I say, insightful!
>
> > This may or may not be a deterrent.
>
> Indeed.

Maybe revision 2 of the dump file format dumps all the log
messages for the entire repository??? svnadmin load would
only update log messages for those that have changed. This
would take care of this issue.

Not that clean, but it would work.

Best,
Blair

-- 
Blair Zajac <blair@orcaware.com>
Web and OS performance plots - http://www.orcaware.com/orca/
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