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Product Version = NetBeans IDE 7.2 (Build 201207171143) Operating System = Linux version 3.0.0-23-generic-pae running on i386 Java; VM; Vendor = 1.6.0_24 Runtime = OpenJDK Client VM 20.0-b12 At first use after install 7.2 offers to import settings, which I allowed. Settings appear to have been imported BUT Tools->Miscellaneous->Versioning->History->Never remove local files is NOT. It is set to 7 days and older history is not available. Note: The older history is still showing in the 7.1 install. Aside: How do I get the old history across to 7.2. On the rare occasion I need the old stuff, I REALLY need it!!
Created attachment 122478 [details] IDE log
could reproduce > Note: The older history is still showing in the 7.1 install. moving the contents of {7.1userdir}/var/filehistory into {7.2userdir}/var/filehistory should fix it
Thanks for confirming. But if I just copy that over now won't the history for the last six weeks since running 7.2 will be wiped? Maybe a good idea for immediately after installing new version, maybe not so good now! Unless there is a way to merge them.
> But if I just copy that over now won't the history for the last six weeks since > running 7.2 will be wiped? the particular revisions are in separate files, so copy the contents of 7.1 into 7.2 and in case of a conflict keep the state from 7.2. I didn't try for myself, but that way i could work. maybe, just in case, you should keep a pristine copy of your current 7.2
Again, thanks, but it all sounds too messy/dangerous. There are a lot of folders in there to have to figure out. I'll just leave the 7.1 pristine and run that if I really need to see an old version. There have been many, many changes in the last six weeks. More importantly, can this be fixed as part of the import settings for future versions. Or at the very least some sort of warning or instructions during install import settings. To find after some time that history is gone is quite disconcerting!
fixed in core-main #aa77ec3c3995
Integrated into 'main-golden', will be available in build *201209130001* on http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/nightly/ (upload may still be in progress) Changeset: http://hg.netbeans.org/main-golden/rev/aa77ec3c3995 User: Tomas Stupka <tstupka@netbeans.org> Log: Issue #216086 - 7.2 install loses versioning history older than 7 days