'bzr pack' should sync and delete obsolete-packs/*
John Arbash Meinel
john at arbash-meinel.com
Sat Jan 19 18:45:47 GMT 2008
Martin Albisetti wrote:
> On Jan 18, 2008 9:57 PM, Robert Collins <robertc at robertcollins.net> wrote:
>> Ok, here is whats happening:
>> bzr upgrade -> .bzr.backup directory, 1.2G or so
>> bzr reconcile -> is a pack-like operation, will give you 1.2G of
>> obsolete packs (reconciling before upgrading won't give you this
>> overhead)
>> bzr pack -> generates another 1.2G of data; then trims the old obsolete
>> packs but leaves you with 1.2G of data)
>
> Ah, great, thanks!
> This explains it.
> The reason I'm not reconciling *before* upgrading is that upgrading a
> branch that size will take around 16 hours, and reconciling it after
> upgrading takes under a minute.
>
> Is there any better order to end up with an upgraded branch?
>
>
> Martin
>
I think this is the correct order to use. Just that we need a way to
"bzr pack --clean-obsolete-packs" or something like that.
John
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