提交 2fdc0cfc 编写于 作者: M Matthew Ogilvie 提交者: Junio C Hamano

cvsserver doc: database generally can not be reproduced consistently

A regenerated git-cvsserver database is at risk of having different
CVS revision numbers from an incrementally updated database.  Mention
this in the the documentation, and remove an erroneous statement
to the contrary.
Signed-off-by: NMatthew Ogilvie <mmogilvi_git@miniinfo.net>
Signed-off-by: NJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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......@@ -182,10 +182,9 @@ Database Backend
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'git-cvsserver' uses one database per git head (i.e. CVS module) to
store information about the repository for faster access. The
database doesn't contain any persistent data and can be completely
regenerated from the git repository at any time. The database
needs to be updated (i.e. written to) after every commit.
store information about the repository to maintain consistent
CVS revision numbers. The database needs to be
updated (i.e. written to) after every commit.
If the commit is done directly by using `git` (as opposed to
using 'git-cvsserver') the update will need to happen on the
......@@ -204,6 +203,18 @@ write so it might not be enough to grant the users using
'git-cvsserver' write access to the database file without granting
them write access to the directory, too.
The database can not be reliably regenerated in a
consistent form after the branch it is tracking has changed.
Example: For merged branches, 'git-cvsserver' only tracks
one branch of development, and after a 'git-merge' an
incrementally updated database may track a different branch
than a database regenerated from scratch, causing inconsistent
CVS revision numbers. `git-cvsserver` has no way of knowing which
branch it would have picked if it had been run incrementally
pre-merge. So if you have to fully or partially (from old
backup) regenerate the database, you should be suspicious
of pre-existing CVS sandboxes.
You can configure the database backend with the following
configuration variables:
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