Hi Mark
> For your uses, perhaps you could spin this artifact off into it's own repository
> (use "external"s from your main repo if required) and then you can archive
> that repo off whenever necessary?
That's a great idea,
Thanks
David
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cooke, Mark [mailto:mark.cooke_at_siemens.com]
> Sent: 15 July 2013 10:50
> To: David Aldrich; 'users_at_subversion.apache.org'
> (users_at_subversion.apache.org)
> Subject: RE: How to prune old versions of an artefact?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Aldrich [mailto:David.Aldrich_at_EMEA.NEC.COM]
> > Sent: 15 July 2013 10:09
> > To: 'users_at_subversion.apache.org' (users_at_subversion.apache.org)
> > Subject: How to prune old versions of an artefact?
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > We are running a svn 1.7 server.
> >
> > One of our repositories contains an artefact that is 4GB. It consists
> > of a set of regression test results that we want to version control.
> > This artefact changes infrequently - say every month or two - but it's
> > enormous size is causing concern for IT Manager, as the svn database
> > is slowly increasing in size.
> >
> > I would like to prune very old versions of this artefact from the
> > server's database. I realise that pruning is not generally a good
> > idea for a version control system, but this is an exceptional case.
> >
> > What is the current status of pruning in svn, i.e. how can I do it?
>
> This seems to be called "obliterate" in subversion and is one of the "most
> wanted" features in the roadmap [1] but is currently slated for "2.0?" A web
> search for "subversion obliterate" will help you find the gory details.
>
> [1] http://subversion.apache.org/roadmap.html
>
> I believe that the only way you can currently remove items is through careful
> use of svn dump / filter / load with the sides effect of probably requiring all
> users to check out new working copies.
>
> For your uses, perhaps you could spin this artifact off into it's own repository
> (use "external"s from your main repo if required) and then you can archive
> that repo off whenever necessary?
>
> ~ Mark C
>
> > Best regards
> >
> > David
> >
>
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