Re: cvs2svn

On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 12:21:33PM -0500, kfogel@collab.net wrote:
> Clark Rawlins <clark@bit63.org> writes:
> > I seem have gotten past the last problem. Now I have a problem with
> > MemoryError
> >
> > cvs_repository/Eureka_Media/DMM2/Media.tar,v
> > Traceback (most recent call last):

.. snip ..

> > MemoryError
> > crawlins@debian:~$ ls cvs_repository/Eureka_Media/DMM2/Media.tar,v
> > -r--r--r-- 1 crawlins crawlins 804891943 Aug 1 13:17
> > cvs_repository/Eureka_Media/DMM2/Media.tar,v
> >
> > Obviously it is because of the large Tar file someone chose to check in.
> > Can I get past this problem without skipping the tar file?
>
> Someone checked an 800MB tar file into ***CVS*** ???
>
> Are you sure you don't want to just move Media.tar,v out of the
> repository for the conversion, and splice it in later if you're sure
> you want it?
>
> I'm not sure what to do about a MemoryError.

Actually its _only_ 80MB but still it is huge.
If I remove it is there any way to get the history back later?

Clark

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