Re: What to do with duplicates of files in test-base

On Feb 3, 2008 1:43 AM, Sang Go <sanghgo_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> There are duplicates (or at least pretty close) of files in the
> <example_directory>/.svn/test-base directory of files found in the
> <example_directory>. The <example_directory> contains the latest files.
> What is exactly stored in this test-base directory and how can I get rid of
> them.

You mean text-base, not test-base.

Those are "pristine copies" used by Subversion for comparison to what
you checked out, so that Subversion can transmit only deltas over the
wire. They're also used for performing local diffs - without them,
you'd need to talk to the server every time you want to perform a diff
between what you've been working on and what's in the repository.

You can't, and don't want to, get rid of them.

Don't muck around with the .svn directories. They are meant to only be
touched by the Subversion libraries.

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Received on 2008-02-03 15:54:38 CET