[Buildbot-commits] [Buildbot] #1990: Source steps falling back to complete re-initialization should not be mandatory

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#1990: Source steps falling back to complete re-initialization should not be
mandatory
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Reporter:  ayust        |      Owner:
    Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
Priority:  major        |  Milestone:  undecided
 Version:  0.8.4        |   Keywords:
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 Currently, if a source step fails to successfully update to a particular
 revision, it will always fall back to trying to re-initialize the
 repository. For some workflows, this is very bad, and it would be highly
 preferable for the build to just fail instead of nuking its repository and
 re-creating it.

 The fallback to a full re-clone (or the equivalent in whatever VCS is
 being used) should be an option (it's fine if it defaults to on) that can
 be disabled if necessary.

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