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Re: Reduce size of repository for backup

From: Daniel Andersson <list_at_daniel-gr-andersson.com>
Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2011 13:23:28 +0100

On 02/05/2011 05:13 AM, Les Mikesell wrote:
> On 2/4/11 9:39 PM, Daniel Andersson wrote:
>>
>> OK, how would I go about then to completely delete the whole
>> versioning history?
>>
>
> One way would be to make sure all your workspaces are commited, export
> the head version, then start a new repository and import the directory
> back to it. Then delete your workspaces and check out new ones from the
> new repository. That's pretty drastic, though.
>
> ---
> Les Mikesell
> lesmikesell_at_gmail.com
>

OK thanks Les, think I will give this a try.

Thing is, I would be able to reduce the total size down to 15 % or
something similar without loosing any important code.

/Daniel
Received on 2011-02-05 13:26:58 CET

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