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

BitKeeper Inc                         1E1                    bk obscure(7.3ce)