Re: Script to obliterate the most recent revision(s)

C. Michael Pilato wrote on Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 08:46:16 -0400:
> On 03/23/2018 02:04 AM, Daniel Shahaf wrote:
> > Julian Foad wrote on Thu, 22 Mar 2018 22:24 +0000:
> >> This question keeps coming up and I feel we should provide an accurate
> >> answer, even if the procedure is not "supported".
> >>
> >> Any corrections to my current best effort, below?
> >>
> > As a first step:
> >
> > Check $REPOS/format, $REPOS/db/fs-type, $REPOS/db/format.
>
> [...]
>
> Sure sounds like you guys are well on your way to implementing 'svnadmin
> rollback', a specific subset of what a "perfect" obliterate feature
> would offer that also probably meets 75% of admin users' needs.  Just
> sayin'...

How would 'svnadmin rollback' handle the "restart all reader processes" step?

I'm concerned that users (admins) won't downdate all wc's and restart all
reader processes, which is bound to inflict "May you live in interesting times"
upon them.

Cheers,

Daniel
Received on 2018-03-24 20:38:39 CET