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Re: Removing old files from repository

From: Michael Schmitt <schmitt_at_Telematik-Institut.org>
Date: 2003-05-18 23:12:23 CEST

On 16 May 2003 cmpilato@collab.net wrote:

> > 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 that were outdated after some revision or date?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. :-\

Haha, very funny... Ever heard of "cvs admin -o"?

Michael

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