On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 06:58:02PM +0200, Thierry Goubier wrote: > Hi Peter, > > Le 29/07/2016 à 18:05, Peter Uhnak a écrit : > > Hi, > > > > I've followed this thread > > http://forum.world.st/How-do-I-convert-a-FileTree-project-to-Metadataless-GitFileTree-project-td4903920i20.html > > to switch to metadata less format, > > > > Specifically: > > > > 1. change `.filetree` file, 2. load the repo to a clean image 3. make > > a change to each package and commit it > > > > This worked correctly, however having to recommit each package is > > annoying if there are several. > > the "resaving" thing isn't necessary. It would have happened anyway on the > next save for a package, and gitfiletree never reads the metadata anyway. > > > My question is: > > > > * is it safe to directly remove the incriminating files (all > > monticello.meta/version & methodProperties.json files), > > Yes. You could also ask git to ignore them (some do that :)). > > > * is it possible to mass-commit all packages with simple script, > > Yes. > > > * or should I just ignore the metadata and eventually someone will > > make a change to the package so the metadata silently disappears? > > You could ignore, yes. > > I'd choose ignoring. Once the property (metadata-less) is set on the > repository, it is kept and maintained. Just don't forget to commit it :) >
Yeah, this looks like the best and easiest solution. Thanks! Peter
