postmaster_at_tigris.org wrote:
> Thanks for the answers so far, especially that doc - it's a good start for some experiments.
>
> @Andy: Working backwards from an implementation to a specification = reverse engineering.
>
> As for whether or not I "should" be fiddling with revision files - why not? As long as the format remains consistent, they're perfectly valid and won't corrupt the repository at all.
>
> The main target here is to implement "obliterate". If I can empty the revisions which pertain to a particular file, I can erase the contents. This seems simpler than try to actually remove the file itself from the repository.
>
> I'm an absolute newb when it comes to developing with subversion, but I will poke around the docs and see if there's anything built in that can help.
If you're trying to implement 'obliterate', you should poke here:
http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk/notes/obliterate/obliterate-functional-spec.txt
-Hyrum
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