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4 General RhodeCode usage
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5 =======================
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8 Repository deleting
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9 -------------------
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11 Currently when admin/owner deletes a repository, RhodeCode does not physically
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12 delete a repository from filesystem, it renames it in a special way so it's
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13 not possible to push,clone or access repository. It's worth a notice that,
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14 even if someone will be given administrative access to RhodeCode and will
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15 delete a repository You can easy restore such action by restoring `rm__<date>`
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16 from the repository name, and internal repository storage (.hg/.git). There
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21 This command will scan for archived repositories that are older than 30d,
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22 display them and ask if you want to delete them (there's a --dont-ask flag also)
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23 If you host big amount of repositories with forks that are constantly deleted
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24 it's recommended that you run such command via crontab.
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26 Follow current branch in file view
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29 In file view when this checkbox is checked the << and >> arrows will jump
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35 Compare view from changelog
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38 Checkboxes in compare view allow users to view combined compare view. You can
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39 only show the range between the first and last checkbox (no cherry pick).
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40 Clicking more than one checkbox will activate a link in top saying
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41 `Show selected changes <from-rev> -> <to-rev>` clicking this will bring
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42 compare view. In this view also it's possible to switch to combined compare.
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44 Compare view is also available from the journal on pushes having more than
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51 Due to complicated nature of repository grouping, often urls of repositories
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58 # after insertion to test_group group the url will be
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61 This can be an issue for build systems and any other hardcoded scripts, moving
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62 repository to a group leads to a need for changing external systems. To
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63 overcome this RhodeCode introduces a non changable replacement url. It's
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64 simply an repository ID prefixed with `_` above urls are also accessible as::
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69 the _<ID> syntax can be used anywhere in the system so urls with repo_name
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70 for changelogs, files and other can be exchanged with _<ID> syntax.
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73 Mailing
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76 When administrator will fill up the mailing settings in .ini files
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77 RhodeCode will send mails on user registration, or when RhodeCode errors occur
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83 (if present in RhodeCode), and to all people mentioned with @mention system.
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86 Trending source files
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89 Trending source files are calculated based on pre defined dict of known
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90 types and extensions. If You miss some extension or Would like to scan some
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91 custom files it's possible to add new types in `LANGUAGES_EXTENSIONS_MAP` dict
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92 located in `/rhodecode/lib/celerylib/tasks.py`
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95 Cloning remote repositories
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98 RhodeCode has an ability to clone remote repos from given remote locations.
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99 Currently it support following options:
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101 - hg -> hg clone
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103 - git -> git clone
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108 - *`svn -> hg` cloning requires `hgsubversion` library to be installed.*
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110 If you need to clone repositories that are protected via basic auth, you
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111 might pass the url with stored credentials inside eg.
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112 `http://user:passw@remote.server/repo, RhodeCode will try to login and clone
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113 using given credentials. Please take a note that they will be stored as
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114 plaintext inside the database. RhodeCode will remove auth info when showing the
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115 clone url in summary page.