1522212 - "mach try release" should not leave leftover files

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Release Engineering :: Release Automation, enhancement)

Description

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

After running "mach try release" I always end up with a bunch of orig files in the source tree.

Comment 1

[Chris AtLee [:catlee]]

which files end up being changed?

Comment 2

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

? browser/config/mozconfigs/linux32/l10n-mozconfig.orig
? browser/config/mozconfigs/linux64/l10n-mozconfig.orig
? browser/config/mozconfigs/macosx64/l10n-mozconfig.orig
? browser/config/mozconfigs/win32/l10n-mozconfig.orig
? browser/config/mozconfigs/win64-aarch64/l10n-mozconfig.orig
? browser/config/mozconfigs/win64/l10n-mozconfig.orig
? browser/config/version.txt.orig
? browser/config/version_display.txt.orig
? browser/confvars.sh.orig
? browser/locales/l10n-changesets.json.orig
? browser/locales/shipped-locales.orig
? build/mozconfig.common.orig
? config/milestone.txt.orig
? mobile/android/config/mozconfigs/android-aarch64/debug.orig
? mobile/android/config/mozconfigs/android-aarch64/nightly.orig
? mobile/android/config/mozconfigs/android-api-16/debug.orig
? mobile/android/config/mozconfigs/android-api-16/nightly.orig
? mobile/android/config/mozconfigs/android-x86/debug.orig
? mobile/android/config/mozconfigs/android-x86/nightly.orig

Comment 3

[Tom Prince [:tomprince]]

I'm guessing that, depending on your hgrc, the revert here is generating backup files.

Comment 4

[Aki Sasaki (not active)]

Should we add -C --no-backup do not save backup copies of files ?

Comment 5

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

(In reply to Tom Prince [:tomprince] from comment #3)

I'm guessing that, depending on your hgrc, the revert here is generating backup files.

Looks like saving .orig files is the default behaviour of revert.

(In reply to Aki Sasaki [:aki] from comment #4)

Should we add -C --no-backup do not save backup copies of files ?

Those are synonyms so yeah adding one or the other would solve this.

Comment 6

[Geoff Brown [:gbrown]]

Have not been able to reproduce this for a while.