Re: [Caml-list] Creating fresh OPAM repository

[Thomas Gazagnaire <thomas@ocamlpro.com>]

Hi Dario,

> How does one create a fresh repository with OPAM?  The documentation has plenty
> of examples of cloning existing repos, but what I want is to start an empty one on the
> local filesystem.  Does the OPAM tool have some option for this, or is one supposed
> to do it "by hand", ie, create a filesystem structure that mimics existing repos?

If you want to start an empty local repository in /foo/bar, just run:

$ opam remote local /foo/bar

(you can replace 'local' by any other name in the previous commands, it's just a way to identify the repository)

After that, you can:
* either populate it incrementally by adding the usual '/foo/bar/packages/NAME.VERSION/{opam,url,descr}' for package descriptions and '/foo/bar/compilers/VERSION+NAME.comp' for  compiler description. Don't forget to update your repository by doing 'opam update local' to take these changes into account; or
* use 'opam upload'. This is however not yet tested as well as the first solution. If you use it and found some issues, please do not hesitate to fill a bug.

--
Thomas