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David Somers wrote: > Tony Hoyle wrote: > >>If you want to mirror a repository then fine but what has that got to do >>with the revision number? > > > If you want to mirror a repository *exactly*, but the repository itself is > not available (either via rsync or as a tarball), then the only way to > achieve this is by exporting files by specific revision numbers then > committing them into your mirror repository using the -r flag to explicitly > set the revision to that which was exported. Its an edge case, and IMO > about the only time you are justified in setting revision numbers. Even then, it's still not exact -- you don't have the same author, commit date, comments, mergepoints, interim revisions, etc. -- Glen Starrett