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Re: Permentantly delete old revisions

From: Steven Woody <narkewoody_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:20:12 +0800

Ok, i've understood it cant be easyly done. And, i am not going to do
heavy operations on the repository without worrying about i may damage
to it. So i like to wait for new subversion release. Thank you much
for your answer.

On 2/27/08, Gavin 'Beau' Baumanis <gavin_at_thespidernet.com> wrote:
> Hi Steven,
>
> Unfortunately there isn't a "simple" answer for the task you want to
> perform.
> You need to a dump and filter out the files you want to leave behind
> then rebuild the repository.
> It is doable, and depending on your skills / knowledge of SVN might even
> be considered straight forward.
> Check the FAQ - I know I saw it there while doing some earlier research.
>
> Looking forward, a little, there is an ongoing discussion (started
> around 2005 - I think) about how subversion might be able to handle the
> permanent deletion of a file from the repository; "svn obliterate".
>
> Nearly everyone agrees it is a worthwhile function, but for various
> reasons - it has yet to make onto the production line.
> I am currently collating all that I can for this request, use cases,
> drumming up support etc.
>
> I'm hopeful, we might get a dedicated branch for obliterate after the
> release of subversion 1.5.
>
> - Gavin.
>
> Steven Woody wrote:
> > For a file in repo. , how can i delete all its old revisions and keep
> > only the most recent one? Thanks.
> >
> >
>
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