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Re: Compact Repository?

From: Ph. Marek <philipp.marek_at_bmlv.gv.at>
Date: 2004-10-13 09:20:42 CEST

> Thanks Simon - this helped me get started.
>
>
> I ran such commands successfully, but I am still rather confused.
>
> I ran:
> svnadmin dump <repos> --deltify > <file1> (created a 160MB file)
> and
> svnadmin dump <repos> -r 58:HEAD --deltify > <file2> (Created a 233MB
> File)
>
> then I ran
> svanadmin load <repos> < <file2>
Did you load the file into the same repository as it was generated from?

You should create a new repository with svnadmin and load your <file2> into
that.

> When I checked the disk space used, the whole repository is still using
> the same amount of disk space as before. When browsing through the
> repository, i noticed that many files were still listed with older
> revision numbers.
>
> This process did not seem to help me make my repository any smaller
> (meaning, use less disk space by throwing away unneeded revisions).
>
> I'm no Subversion or CVS expert, but surely there is a way that I can
> truncate or drop unneeded revisions.

Regards,

Phil

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