On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 8:35 PM, John Floren <j...@jfloren.net> wrote:
> We are using Code Review to manage an operating system project, and
> we've been finding that if we try to put in a really big patch, Code
> Review chokes. See for example http://codereview.appspot.com/6060047/,
> in which we're unable to download the patch set from the website, and
> if we attempt to do "hg clpatch 6060047", I get this:

>        Wed Apr 18 11:35:07 2012 downloading CL 6060047
>        Wed Apr 18 11:35:07 2012 loading CL 6060047
>        Wed Apr 18 11:35:07 2012 getting issue metadata from web
>        Wed Apr 18 11:35:07 2012 None
>        Wed Apr 18 11:35:07 2012 loaded CL 6060047
> abort: HTTP Error 404: Not Found

> (strace indicates that the 404 comes while trying to download
> the .diff file). These kind of huge patches are rare, but important. I
> think we should be able to put commit occasional changes like this
> directly into the tree (bypassing Code Review), but Code Review has
> been very useful in general so this isn't the best option for us.

> Is there a way to get around this problem? Can anyone else share their
> experiences in putting large diffs through Code Review?

> Thanks

> john

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