Quick question - can I copy a repository?

[Matt Mackall]

On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 05:56:42PM +0100, Paul Moore wrote:
> Is it OK to simply copy a repository (for backup purposes, etc) or
> must I use hg clone? I ask because I want to back my repository up to
> a FTP site that doesn't allow me to run hg serve.

It's safe to copy a repository that's not in the middle of a write
operation.

If you do such a copy, the result will be completely functional but
verify may complain. Simply doing a clone --pull will get you a clean
copy.

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