Method and apparatus of backing up subversion repository

• US 8,612,799 B2
• Filed: 11/30/2010
• Issued: 12/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Inventors: Zhang, Jing
• Primary Examiner(s): Wilson, Yolanda L
• Application Number:
  US13/131,580
• Publication Number:
  US 20120324279A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,113 Days
• Field of Search: 714/6.3, 707/638, 707/636
• US Class Current: 714/6.3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1458 Management of the backup or restore process

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for backing up a subversion repository. In one embodiment, a method of backing up a subversion repository wherein a version attribute of a backup repository is preset and identifies a latest version of the backup repository, the method comprises: synchronizing the backup repository based on the version attribute of the backup repository; in an event of successful synchronization, updating the version attribute of the backup repository with an identification of a synchronized version; and in an event of unsuccessful synchronization, determining that a current version to be a non-synchronizable version, backing up an original repository by duplicating a copy of the original repository, and updating the version attribute of the backup repository with an identifier of the non-synchronizable version.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

synchronizing a backup repository based on a version attribute of a content at the backup repository, the synchronizing including backing up an original repository by updating the content in the backup repository that is different between a version of the content at the backup repository and a current version of the content at an original repository;

in an event of successful synchronization, setting the version attribute of the content at the backup repository to that of the current version of the content at the original repository that is a synchronized version; and

in an event of unsuccessful synchronization,

determining that the current version of the content at the original repository is a non-synchronizable version;

backing up the original repository by duplicating a copy of the current version of the content at the original repository to the backup repository; and

setting the version attribute of the content at the backup repository to that of the current version of the content at the original repository that is the non-synchronizable version.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein determining that the current version is the non-synchronizable version comprises:

acquiring an error message of synchronization failure; and

determining the current version to be the non-synchronizable version based on the error message;

or

determining the current version to be the non-synchronizable version in the event of continued synchronization failure after error processing corresponding to the error message.

3. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein error processing corresponding to the error message comprises:

deleting a synchronization lock attribute of the backup repository in the event that the error message indicates the backup repository as locked.

4. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein error processing corresponding to the error message comprises:

deleting a lock attribute of a file in the backup repository in the event that the error message indicates the file in the backup repository as locked.

5. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein error processing corresponding to the error message comprises:

deleting a latest version of the backup repository and modifying the version attribute of the content at the backup repository to that of a penultimate version in the event that the error message indicates an error in the latest version of the backup repository.

6. An apparatus comprising:

a synchronization unit that implements a synchronization operation of a backup repository based on a version attribute, the synchronizing including backing up an original repository by updating a content in the backup repository that is different between a version of the content at the backup repository and a current version of the content at an original repository;

a synchronization success processing unit that, in the event that the synchronization operation by the synchronization unit is successful, sets a version attribute of the content at the backup repository to a value of the current version of the content at the original repository; and

a synchronization failure processing unit that, in the event that the synchronization operation by the synchronization unit is unsuccessful, backs up the original repository by duplicating a copy of the current version of the content at the original repository to the backup repository and sets the version attribute of the content at the backup repository to the value of the current version of the original repository that is a non-synchronizable version.

7. An apparatus as recited in claim 6, further comprising:

a non-synchronizable version determining unit that includes;

an error message acquisition sub-unit that acquires an error message when the synchronization operation fails;

a first determining sub-unit that determines the current version as the non-synchronizable version based on the error message;

an error processing sub-unit that processes one or more errors based on the error message; and

a second determining sub-unit that determines the current version as the non-synchronizable version when synchronization still fails after the one or more errors have been processed.

8. An apparatus as recited in claim 7, wherein, in the event that the error message indicates the backup repository as locked, the error processing sub-unit deletes a synchronization lock attribute of the backup repository.

9. The apparatus as recited in claim 7, wherein, in the event that the error message indicates a file in the backup repository as locked, the error processing sub-unit deletes a lock attribute of the file in the backup repository.

10. The apparatus as recited in claim 7, wherein, in the event that the error message indicates an error in a latest version of the backup repository, the error processing sub-unit deletes the latest version of the backup repository and modifies a version attribute of the backup repository to that of a penultimate version.

11. One or more memories containing computer-executable instructions that, when executed, perform a number of actions comprising:

synchronizing a backup repository based on a version attribute of a content at the backup repository, the synchronizing including backing up an original repository by updating the content in the backup repository that is different between a version of the content at the backup repository and a current version of the content at an original repository;

in an event of successful synchronization, setting the version attribute of the backup repository to that of the current version of the content at the original repository that is a synchronized version; and

in an event of unsuccessful synchronization,

determining that the current version of the content at the original repository is a non-synchronizable version;

backing up the original repository by duplicating a copy of the current version of the content at the original repository to the backup repository; and

setting the version attribute of the content at the backup repository to that of the current version of the content at the original repository that is the non-synchronizable version.

12. The one or more memories as recited in claim 11, wherein determining that a current version to be a non-synchronizable version comprises:

acquiring an error message of synchronization failure; and

determining the current version to be the non-synchronizable version based on the error message;

or

determining the current version to be the non-synchronizable version in the event of continued synchronization failure after error processing corresponding to the error message.

13. The one or more memories as recited in claim 12, wherein error processing corresponding to the error message comprises:

deleting a synchronization lock attribute of the backup repository in the event that the error message indicates the backup repository as locked.

14. The one or more memories as recited in claim 12, wherein error processing corresponding to the error message comprises:

deleting a lock attribute of a file in the backup repository in the event that the error message indicates the file in the backup repository as locked.

15. The one or more memories as recited in claim 12, wherein error processing corresponding to the error message comprises:

deleting a latest version of the backup repository and modifying the version attribute of the content at the backup repository to that of a penultimate version in the event that the error message indicates an error in the latest version of the backup repository.