On Feb 15, 2005, at 2:30 PM, Java script Dude wrote:
> kfogel@collab.net wrote:
>
>> Java script Dude <despam2004@yahoo.ca> writes:
>>
>>> I have a developer who accidently committed 50 mb of files into my
>>> repo. I did not notice until a couple of weeks later.
>>>
>>> [q] Is there a command for removing files committed to the
>>> repository?
>>>
>>
>> Just 'svn remove', but the files will still be in the history.
>>
>> The hypothetical 'svn obliterate' does not exist yet.
>>
>>
> Darn. Unfortunately this checkin nearly doubled the size of my repo.
>
> I am also looking into using svn as a backbone for some business apps
> but need the ability to clear history completely.
>
> [q] Is the `svn obliterate` command on the project timelines.
>
>
Not yet. The only way to lose history is to 'svnadmin dump', run it
through svndumpfilter, then recreate a new repository with 'svnadmin
load'.
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Received on Tue Feb 15 21:51:10 2005