On Apr 27, 2009, at 11:48, eg wrote:
> Steven wrote:
>
>> When deleting private/confidential files, I think it is a good
>> practice
>> to run them through a shredder, even when a limited number of
>> people has
>> access to the disk they are on.
>>
>> However, when managing private data in an SVN repository, this
>> becomes
>> problematic, because SVN copies and disposes files all over the
>> place.
>> The problem is particularly grievous with working copies. For
>> example,
>> when ordering a delete, SVN just disposes the file. When
>> committing, it
>> also disposes the copy in .svn/text-base. The same is done when
>> updating
>> any working copies containing this file. All this is done without any
>> oppurtunity to shred the files in question.
>>
>> Has anyone thought about this before? Suggestions? Maybe a
>> candidate for
>> a feature request?
>
> http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=516
Not quite the same thing. That is the feature request for
obliteration of an item in the repository. However Steven wants to
securely erase a file in a working copy, whenever Subversion would
delete such a file.
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Received on 2009-04-27 20:58:24 CEST