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Re: compact repository (many files)

From: Andy Levy <andy.levy_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 13:12:25 -0400

On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 13:07, Paul Ebermann <Paul-Ebermann_at_gmx.de> wrote:
> Mark Phippard wrote:
>> On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Paul Ebermann <Paul-Ebermann_at_gmx.de> wrote:
> [...]
>>> Is there any way to reduce the file number of the repository without throwing away
>>> information? As in, throw the changes in revisions 0 ... 999 together in one file (and
>>> this way even safe some space for better compression)? (I don't care for worse
>>> performance, as those old revisions are used only very seldom.)
>>>
>>> I found nothing about this by extensive googling so I assume such a function is not yet
>>> implemented. Is this really a new idea, or was it discussed before and rejected? Or is
>>> there a simple workaround?
>>
>> Subversion 1.6 includes the svnadmin pack command which will convert
>> every 1000 revisions into a single revision file.
>
> Ah, nice to now, so I now only have to wait (or lobby) for the next software update on one
> accessible computer. (The server works with older clients, IIRC.)

All 1.x clients work with all 1.x servers thanks to the RA layer. Some
features may be disabled, but packing the repository is purely a
server-side concern, your client won't know the difference.
Received on 2010-05-26 20:51:17 CEST

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