> From: Mark Reibert [mailto:svn@reibert.com]
> Sent: 10 October 2007 05:31
...
> The arguments for security and pruning notwithstanding, the
> *idea* of an
> obliterate seems, well, incongruous to the very nature of a
> versioning,
> history-preserving repository.
>
I think this could be addressed by large warnings, rather than not
having the option at all! If I develop something, originally without
intent to distribute, I might include some other peoples' code or
binaries into the repo for conveniece, so that a fresh checkout will
build straight away without obtaining and installing the files.
Subsequently deciding to distribute requres removing that code, but in
*keeping* with the 'very nature of .. History preserving' it would be
nice to keep the history of the distributable project and present a
repository for distribution. OTOH, I am not to fussed if it has to be
done by dumpfilter or similar off-line utility.
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Received on Wed Oct 10 13:08:38 2007