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Re: Another request for obliterate...

From: Branko ÄŚibej <brane_at_xbc.nu>
Date: 2005-04-13 05:19:43 CEST

Nicolás Lichtmaier wrote:

>
>>> Please read over
>>> http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=516
>>>
>>> to see the complexities of 'obliterate', and why we haven't gotten
>>> around to it yet. It's not impossible to implement, but some
>>> specification work is needed first.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Understood. I just thought I'd provide a real world example of why
>> obliterate would be incredibly useful.
>
>
> You "real world example" is invalid. Storing executables/build results
> in a *source* control system is wrong. Use a network share for that.

Subversion is not a source control system. It's a version control
system. Let's keep that distinction, please.

That said, there are other ways besides "svn obliterate" to keep the
last N versions of a file in the repository. I think it would even be
easier to implement unversioned files than "svn obliterate". But we're
far from either feature.

-- Brane

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