Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Some newbie questions...

[Matthieu Moy]

Elijah Newren <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi,

Hi,

> It appears to me that tla has hardcoded the
> exclude regexp and ignores the actual regexp(s) found in these files.
> Is this true, or am I just missing something?

Seems true, yes. Any arch specialist to confirm ? 

> 2) 
> I'm a little confused about the categorizations.  exclude, precious,
> junk, and backup all seem very similar to me

exclude = internal to arch. For example, {arch}/
precious =  Something that will never  go in the archive  but that you
            don't want arch  to delete accidentally. Striclyt speaking
            equivalent to an entry in ~/.cvsignore.
junk  =  A  file  you  really don't  care  about  loosing.  Typically,
         temporary files for some programs. Sometimes more suited that
         precious to replace ~/.cvsignore. 
backup = As the name says, this is suited for backup files (Emacs's *~
         files & co). Similar to  precious, but the difference is that
         they are  not copied if arch has  to do a local  copy of your
         tree (I suppose this includes revision libraries and pristine
         trees).

> What's the arch equivalent to those project names (i.e. subdirectory
> names under ~/cvs)?  Is it the archive name

No, this has no equivalent in CVS.

> the category

Yes !

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Matthieu