[Buildbot-devel] Spare checkout leads to deleting build directory and another checkout

[Derek Graham (ML)]

Thanks Tom.

I was hoping that wouldn't be the answer! I'm using v0.8.1 so I'll come
back to this when it's a less risky time to upgrade.

-- 
d

On 14 June 2012 02:33, Tom Prince <tom.prince at ualberta.net> wrote:

> "Derek Graham (ML)" <derek.m.graham+ml at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > I'm doing a sparse check-out using the following bit of code:
>
> What version of buildbot (in particular, the buildslave) are you using?
> Some older versions kept the information on what was checked out (which
> is used to see whether to clobber the repo) in a single location, so
> didn't support multiple source steps.
>
> In any case, if you are using at least v0.8.5, you could use the new
> master-side source steps, which look at the repository to find the
> current state (rather than recording it).
>
> > What is the proper method to perform an sparse update?
>
> I don't think there is a documented way to do this (or if the code
> supports it). If it doesn't, this would certainly be something that
> could be added.
>
>  Tom
>
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