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# deleting repos safely
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(see [this thread][thr] on the gitolite mailing list)
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[thr]: http://groups.google.com/group/gitolite/browse_thread/thread/fb9cf5a464b6dfee
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By default, the old 'rmrepo' ADC (admin-defined command) just went and deleted
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the repo -- no questions asked! Sometimes, that could be a disaster -- you
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lose the whole thing in one mad moment of typo-ing or frustration. Ouch.
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This has been replaced by 2 families of ADCs. I say "families" because each
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has one main command and 2 ancillary ones. Admins can choose to install
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either, both, or neither family of commands.
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Local settings for these ADCs can be found in the common settings file
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"adc.common-functions".
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1. 'rm' will remove the repo. If `USE_LOCK_UNLOCK` is set, rm will refuse to
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remove a locked repo. All repos are locked by default, and you have to
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explicitly 'unlock' a repo to remove it. You can also 'lock' it again
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instead of removing it of course.
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There's also `ARE_YOU_SURE`, for situations where a simple warning
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suffices.
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You can also use both these flags if you wish.
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2. 'trash' will move the repo to a safe location. There are settings for
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where this location is and what suffix is added to the repo name. You can
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'list-trash' to see what trash you have collected, and you can 'restore'
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one of the listed repos.
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It's easy to automatically clean out the trash occasionally. By default,
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entries in the trash look like this:
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foo/r1/2010-10-22_13:14:24
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foo/r1/2010-10-22_13:14:50
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This shows a repo foo/r1 that was created and trashed twice.
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Since the date appears in the name, you can use it with a cutoff to clean
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up old repos. Untested example:
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cutoff=`date -I -d '28 days ago'`
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find $TRASH_CAN -type d -name "20??-??-??_*" | while read r
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do
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d=`basename $r`
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[[ $d < $cutoff ]] && rm -rf $r
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done
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Put this in cron to run once a day and that should be it.
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