Deleting all versions in very large package
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Issue/Introduction
We must delete all the reserved, checked-out versions of all objects out of a package.
A developer initiated a Check Out for Update process, instead of a Check Out for Browse on the entire application repository. The process was left running all weekend. When they saw this morning that the process was still running, they ended their Harvest session.
Due to the extremely large number of objects in the package, Harvest is unable to display the list of objects. We cannot delete the reserved objects without being able to see them within the package.
Since the objects are checked out to this package, no other checkouts of the objects can be done.
Environment
Harvest SCM all versions
Resolution
Since the package was too large to manage with Workbench, we used the "hdv" command-line utility to delete the "R" tagged versions from it. We deleted the versions inside subfolders of the project's repository so as to "break up" the task of deleting all the items into chunks that Harvest could more easily handle.
For example:
hdv -b <brokername> -en <projectname> -st <statename> -vp <full path of a subfolder within the repository> -p <packagename> -s "*" -prompt
Additional Information
More information can be found for the "hdv" command here: hdv Command-Delete Version
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