Re: Deleting History/Revisions

Bill Nolan wrote:
> I'm sure you've heard this before, but I want to know how (or why it's
> impossible) to delete/revise history in SVN. This would be most useful, and
> does not go against the concept of version control. If history is saved via
> a delta method, it would be simple enough to just reconstruct it. I'm mainly
> concerned with deleting data from a given date and before, anyhow.

Search the subversion mailing list for "svn obliterate". You'll find a
lot of mails about this subject, and what the problems in implementing
it are.

You can also use svndumpfilter directly on the repository.

Stefan

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