Re: Can I remove all traces of svn merge tracking?

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Chris Lajoie <ctlajoie_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Mark Phippard <markphip_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> I think you can do this by using svnsync to synch your repository to a
>> new one.  Set the environment variable:
>>
>> SVNSYNC_UNSUPPORTED_STRIP_MERGEINFO
>>
>> before launching svnsync and it will drop all svn:mergeinfo properties
>> as it writes the new repository.
>>
>> The new repository should have a unique UUID and when you switch to it
>> at the end all your clients need to destroy their existing working
>> copies and do new checkouts.
>
> Thanks Mark, I think thats exactly what i need.
>
> @Tyler & David: That only removes svn:mergeinfo from the HEAD
> revision. I need it removed from all revisions to resolve the issues I
> am having.

I should have pointed out that your svnsync needs to be running SVN
1.6. The code for doing this stripping was never backported to the
1.5.x branch.

-- 
Thanks
Mark Phippard
http://markphip.blogspot.com/
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