Re: Best way to "un-version control" a file?

On Sep 24, 2010, at 00:17, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 11:18 PM, Daniel Shahaf <d.s_at_daniel.shahaf.name> wrote:
>> Les Mikesell wrote on Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 12:27:40 -0500:
>>> Am I wrong in thinking that similar accidents happen to everyone
>>> eventually and that a feature to fix them would be desirable?
>>
>> Yes, the feature has its use case. And if you'd like to see it
>> implemented yesterday, that's cool. Just don't assume that everyone
>> thinks the same way please.
>
> Can you actually name anyone who thinks it's not a useful, or
> potentially useful feature? Anyone?

I recall messages on this list from people replying to past discussions of obliterate with statements like (paraphrasing) "If you add obliterate I will lose all confidence in Subversion to be able to retain my information and I will switch to a different VCS." Clearly it is a hot topic and needs to be handled with great care. I am certain that if the developers think about the problem carefully and rationally they will come up with a great implementation that respects everybody's needs, like they have for so many other features before. But there seem to be other features currently occupying the developers' attention, so obliterate will still have to wait awhile.
Received on 2010-09-24 23:09:11 CEST