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Re: [MinGW port] Unable to repack on Clearcase dynamic views

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Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
May 30, 2007, 15:33 UTC
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On 5/30/07, Paolo Teti <paolo.teti@gmail.com> wrote:
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> 2007/5/30, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On clearcase dynamic views (kind of virtual drives), "mv -f a b" won't
> > work if "a" is read-only. Because git-repack.sh removes all write
> > permission before moving packs, it fails on clearcase dynamic views.
> >
> > My approach is rather ugly. Does anyone have a better solution?
>
> I hate clearcase, but honestly I have used it forced by a customer..
> The real problem is why you need to do a repack in a CC view, but..

I don't like it either :) But you remind me the Matthias' workdir patchset. With that I can move out .git to a real drive/filesystem (which should also give better performance).

I think it's a valid use case. Anyone remember why Matthias' patchset was dropped? It was last mentioned in http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/43041

Junio, Matthias? May I help?
>
> to move a file in a Clearcase view you have to use 'cleartool mv ...'
> (or 'cleartool relocate') and not the UNIX mv command...

'cleartool mv' is used for clearcase-manages files. My git repository are private files.

>
> ..and he directory where the element to be moved or renamed resides
> must be checked out.
>
-- 
Duy
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  1. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMay 30, 2007
  2. Paolo TetiMay 30, 2007
  3. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMay 30, 2007
  4. Paolo TetiMay 30, 2007
  5. Robin RosenbergMay 30, 2007
  6. Johannes SchindelinMay 30, 2007
  7. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMay 30, 2007
  8. Robin RosenbergMay 30, 2007
  9. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMay 30, 2007
  10. Paolo TetiMay 31, 2007
  11. Robin RosenbergMay 31, 2007
  12. Jan HudecJun 1, 2007
  13. Johannes SixtMay 30, 2007
  14. Fwd: [MinGW port] Unable to repack on Clearcase dynamic viewsNguyen Thai Ngoc Duy, May 30, 2007

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