RE: Parmently removing directory from server to make space

Thanks David,

I tried the svndumpfilter with exclude command.

Example: svndumpfilter exclude \database\E_Learning\Development\Project1
< repo.dump > filteredDump.dump

It takes 1-2 hours. But after that repo.dump and filteredDump.dump have
the same size. Both shows 86 GB.

It will be great if can help me on this.

I agree with you on testing advice first before implementing it. But
sometimes even genius do silly mistakes. J

Regards,

Anil Kumar Bakshi

Sr. Multimedia Programmer | Education and Learning

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From: Grierson, David [mailto:David.Grierson_at_bskyb.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 3:34 PM
To: Anil Bakshi; users_at_subversion.apache.org
Subject: RE: Parmently removing directory from server to make space

You need to dump, filter and load your repositories to remove the
directories you want rid of ...

If your server is out of space you will likely run into issues though
because the act of loading needs to be performed into a new repository
which will result in you (temporarily) increasing your disk usage before
you can remove the old repository.

Anyway the process would be something like:

# create the target repository

svnadmin create /path/to/new-repository

# dump the old repository, filter OUT the paths you want excluded & load
them to the new repo

svnadmin dump /path/to/old-repository | \

     svndumpfilter --drop-empty-revs --renumber-revs exclude \

          Database/E_Learning/Development/Project_1

          Database/E_Learning/Development/Project_2 | \

    svnadmin load /path/to/new-repository

Obviously YMMV and you should always test any advice provided on an open
mailing list prior to applying to a production environment.

Dg.

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From: Anil Bakshi [mailto:Anil.Bakshi_at_aptaracorp.com] 
Sent: 26 March 2013 07:25
To: users_at_subversion.apache.org
Subject: Parmently removing directory from server to make space
 
Hi Team,
 
We have configured the subversion on window system and using it since
last year.
 
Now our server is out of space and we decide to permanently remove few
projects from server. We will keep these project in DVDs.
 
I searched for this on web but not able to found any fruitful answer. I
tried svn dump and svndumpfilter.
 
Please help me with how I can permanently remove directory from server.
I don't want to keep any revision or history of those directories.
 
These directories have multiple level of sub-directories and files. I
want to remove all.
 
Folder structure:
Database/E_Learning/Development/Project_1
Database/E_Learning/Development/Project_2
Database/E_Learning/Development/Project_3
Database/E_Learning/Development/Project_4
Database/E_Learning/Development/Project_5
Database/E_Learning/Development/Project_6
 
I want to delete Project 1 and 2.
 
Subversion details: Setup-Subversion-1.6.6
Configured on: Window XP
Apache: Version 2.0
 
 
Regards,
Anil Kumar Bakshi
Sr. Multimedia Programmer | Education and Learning
 
Aptara, Inc. | Transforming Content into Knowledge
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