Repository type and path/spec in conf/trac.ini

[tom@…]

I want to switch to perforce and when I read the Wiki node on ​http://trac-hacks.org/wiki/PerforcePlugin I see that I need to add a new section to the trac.ini file. It would be much nicer if I could specify the repository type and path/spec using a single string "p4://user@server:port/client" or "svn:file:///local/repo". I have no idea about the syntax, but I've seen that the mysql db backend plugin accepts such a configuration string.

[Christian Boos]

This syntax will be useful for multiple repository support (#2086). repository_dir will then be a list of repostype:reposdir, with repostype defaulting to svn for historical reasons.

[thomas.tressieres@…]

This ticket is related to these two tickets on PerforcePlugin ​#632 and ​#694.

I've closed the first one.

[Christian Boos]

Possibly 0.12, but more likely, the interface for managing repositories will be completely different, given the need for #2086. There will probably be a WebAdmin module for adding, removing, resyncing repositories, and there will be a dedicated repository table to manage them.

[Christian Boos]

Needs #7723.

[Christian Boos]

Well, actually I think that with #7723 the need for such a syntax is not that relevant anymore.

Even with the ini based specification of [repositories], if lots of repositories are sharing the same type, it's enough to pick that as the default type (in [trac] repository_type) and the entries have just to contain the .dir information.

Suggesting closing.

[Christian Boos]

Closing.

See #8291 for web admin and #7822 for command-line administration of the repositories.