bk obscure(7.3ce) BitKeeper User's Manual bk obscure(7.3ce)
NAME
bk obscure - obscure BitKeeper file comments and contents
SYNOPSIS
bk obscure
WARNING
This command will destroy your repository; do it if and only if the
repository in question is an unneeded copy.
DESCRIPTION
The bk obscure command is typically used if you wish to send a reposi-
tory to BitKeeper for performance analysis and/or debugging. All data
files have their contents and comments obscured. The intent is that
the obscuring of the repository data will result in a repository which
has the same size, shape, number of deltas, number of changesets, etc.,
but with different data.
The current method used to obscure the data is to sort each line of
data alphabetically, i.e.,
Please obscure me
turns into
ussromleeeecbaP
The obscuring is currently fairly simple and is theoretically
reversible with enough compute power so this is not a means to encrypt
a repository.
SEE ALSO
bk admin
CATEGORY
Utility
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