Re: Permanently deleting files from the repository

On Aug 22, 2004, at 7:30 AM, Bernie Davidovics wrote:

> Is there a way to permanently delete a file or directory from the
> repository - not just from the current revision.
> I suppose the main reason to do this is to reduce the physical size of
> the repository.
>
> So, for example - I accidently added a huge binary data file to the
> repository. I deleted it with SVN delete .... but now when I backup my
> repository - I am forever carrying this huge unneeded file.
>
> Can I can get rid of the file permanently from the repository to
> reduce the size of the repository?

<http://subversion.tigris.org/project_faq.html#removal>

Jim

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Received on Sun Aug 22 17:01:14 2004