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Re: Removing old files from repository

From: <cmpilato_at_collab.net>
Date: 2003-05-17 06:23:01 CEST

Michael Schmitt <schmitt@Telematik-Institut.org> writes:

> is there a way to remove files/versions of files from the repository
> that were outdated after some revision or date? (This might help to
> reduce the size of a repository that has used for a long time) I
> expected "svnadmin" to have such a functionality but it doesn't. If
> there is no such feature available right now, does the architecture
> and date base scheme of subversion make it possible to add it later?

I've heard rumors that if you gently massive your hard disk with a
large enough electromagnet, you can remove every revision older then
the current time. Probably not a very helpful solution, though. :-\

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