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[Gary Poster <gary.poster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/22/2011 11:22 AM, Edward K. Ream wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I am Edward Ream, the owner of the Leo project. Launchpad has been great for
> the Leo project, but recently we have run into problems due to a
> mistaken commit of a huge file.  Deleting that file (bzr delete) has
> not helped.
> 
> Recently (yesterday?) Terry Brown (tbnorth) had an exchange (given in
> the Post Script) regarding this problem on #bzr irc.
> 
> The upshot seems to be that the launchpad folk need a formal request from a
> Leo admin in order for bzr to fix the problem.  This is the formal
> request :-)  BTW, Terry is now also an admin of the leo-editor-team.
> 
> Terry understands the details far better than I.  Please let me know
> if there is anything Terry or I can do.

Hi Edward.  I'm not an expert on this aspect of Launchpad, but I asked
around, and I'd like to help.

First, the caveat: I'm not sure what you meant by "bzr delete".  I'm
assuming you meant "bzr remove" (== "bzr rm").  If that's wrong, please
give us some more information about what you did.

Now, here's the feedback I got for you.

Using "bzr rm" was a mistake for the purpose of trying to get rid of a
gigantic file.  The gigantic file will remain in the branch, and with a
DVCS like bzr, most people will get the branch, and it will continue to
cause problems.

To get the main branch back into better shape, use the following pattern.

  bzr uncommit
  (this will uncommit a single revision.  If it is a revision you will
want later, note the message that bzr gives you: you should be able to
use this information to easily recommit that revision later.)
  bzr revert
  (after the uncommit, the tree will still have the changes from the
revision.  Doing a revert will remove them.)

Keep on doing those two commands, noting the output of bzr uncommit,
until you have reverted the change that added the big file.

Now you can optionally add back in the desired revisions, using the
information you got from the "bzr uncommit" commands.

Now you have a branch without the bad file.  Usr "bzr push --overwrite"
to push the branch to Launchpad.

After these steps, the main branch will be in good shape.

Stacked branches that have the removed revisions will show there is an
issue using
  bzr missing

  bzr update
may address the issue.

The owner of each broken branch may need to start a new branch and merge
their specific revisions into it.

I hope this helps.  Good luck!

Gary



> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Edward
> 
> P.S.  Here is Terry's email to me this morning, containing the
> transcript of the irc session:
> 
> That was quite surreal - unable to resolve my bzr push problem I went
> to bzr IRC chat one `wgz` there is well aware of the problems with the
> infamous lp:leo-editor branch, apparently from bugs posted against bzr
> because of the condition it's in.
> 
> Summary - Edward as project owner you need to post on the
> launchpad-users list asking them to fix it.  Here's the IRC log:
> 
> <tbnorth> hi call - can anyone explain http://pastebin.com/vmpBbKYm ?
> I've been pushing to that repo. for years without trouble.  Haven't
> changed ssh key or anything.
> <wgz> tbnorth: they moved trunk
> --> supton (~supton@65.100.192.66) has joined #bzr
> <wgz> do `bzr pull --remember lp:leo-editor`
> <wgz> then move your changes onto that branch
> <vila> wgz: not sure about that, did you notice the 'branchlock' part again ?
> <wgz> oh, and the owner of the new branch is different too, which may
> cause issues
> <tbnorth> wgz might be right, the branch lp:leo-editor points to was
> changed recently, although I thought I'd pushed successfully since
> then.
> <wgz> this is basically all fallout from the repo that needed one
> accidental giant revision removed from it
> <vila> tiplog saved my day after a wrong pull --overwrite, who should
> I hug again ?
> <wgz> though, the way they tried to hack it is probably worse than if
> I'd done what I was going to and risk breaking stacking
> <tbnorth> wgz - so you know about that :)  That still doesn't seem to
> be resolved though.
> <wgz> tbnorth: indeed, I think this is generally a big mess that needs
> sorting out properly
> <wgz> I just don't have any access or ability to do anything on the
> codehosting side
> <tbnorth> wgz - what scope are we talking here, that one project, or a
> general LP thing?
> <wgz> and without someone from leo-editor saying "please fix our
> branch" on launchpad-users there's not much I can do
> <tbnorth> wgz - I can get the admin to ask that easily.  Didn't
> realize this was a known issue :-}
> <wgz> there have been some bug reports against bzr because of this
> launchpad problem with the branch
> <tbnorth> so when it's fixed, will existing branches still be
> compatible, and will branch over http on windows not run out of
> memory, which is the only issue we're having, apart from my push
> issue?
> <wgz> that's the goal.
> <wgz> I think breaking old stacked branches is less bad than the current status.
> <tbnorth> and, sorry to be so verbose, but when you say " the way they
> tried to hack it is probably worse than if I'd done..." who's they?
> The leo-editor team didn't do anything much except try creating a new
> branch as the 'focus of development'.
> <wgz> right, that move is probably the cause of your problem now
> <tbnorth> my push problem, which can probably be resolved on my end,
> but not the http/windows issue?
> <wgz> is it now possible to branch that new line of development over
> http without the memory problem?
> --> supton (~supton@65.100.192.66) has joined #bzr
> <wgz> or did moving to a new branch not help?
> <tbnorth> wgz - no, moving to a new branch did not help
> <wgz> okay, thanks for confirming that.
> <wgz> we need to fix the underlying repo.
> <tbnorth> which would make sense if LP uses shared repo, I don't know
> if it does or not
> <wgz> it uses stacking, which is... even more funky
> <tbnorth> but we can branch over http in windows from a branch not
> stacked on lp:leo-editor - so if there was a way to just delete the
> whole branch *completely* on lp:leo-editor and push from scratch, that
> would presumably fix it
> <wgz> that's close to what I think needs doing, but we need someone
> from the launchpad/l-osa side to do it
> <tbnorth> and having the owner of leo-editor request that in
> launchpad-users would be the way to make that happen?
> <wgz> yup, that would be the best first step, then I'll try and do
> whatever further bothering is needed
> <tbnorth> ok, thanks, I'll go and pass this on now.
> <wgz> tbnorth: for your immediate problem, double check both the
> branch you're pushing to is the right one of the two, and that you
> have your ssh config correct for the branch
> <tbnorth> ok, thanks.
> 
> EKR
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