how to delete (with a trick) projects in JEDI VCS?

Question

I am in this situation: I have to split a JEDI VCS server. I have 4 Delphi projects on it, and I have to give 2 projects to a company and 2 to the other company.

The idea is: I restore 2 JEDI VCS backups (2 database backups) and I remove the projects of the other customer. Now it is not possible to really remove a project from JEDI because of referencial integrity as described in this article in JEDI VCS FAQ.

So since deleting is not possible I had the idea of writing NULL in the blob fields where the source files are kept. In this way if customer 1 tries to restore customer 2 projects he will simply get the file list and then probably an error on reading the files. If I can set NULL to the tables the dpr dfm pas files will not be really there in the db anymore.

Is this possible?

Did someone wrote a query that does this?

Server version is V 2.4.1.790

Answer 1

A project can be largely removed from a JVCS repo. What can't be removed is the project entry itself, but the modules including their revisions and blobs can be removed.

The steps are:

• delete the project
• call "Server | Deserted Modules" in the main menu of the GUI client (this may take some time)
• select all modules (go to the top with the HOME key and press SHIFT and END to select all modules)
• call "Remove from Archive" (this may take some time)

BTW, the most recent version is 2.4.5.820.