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Re: size of .svn/pristine directory (svn 1.7.x)

From: Ivan Zhakov <ivan_at_visualsvn.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 01:43:29 +0400

On 10 December 2013 01:32, Daniel Shahaf <d.s_at_daniel.shahaf.name> wrote:
> Ivan Zhakov wrote on Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 01:00:32 +0400:
>> On 9 December 2013 21:55, Daniel Shahaf <d.s_at_daniel.shahaf.name> wrote:
>> > Vincent Lefevre wrote on Mon, Dec 09, 2013 at 17:30:21 +0100:
>> >> I noticed that the size of the .svn/pristine directory can get huge
>> >> over time (several times the expected size). A "svn cleanup" solves
>> >> the problem, but
>> >> 1. this isn't documented (I'm wondering how many users know that);
>> >
>> > It's documented in the 1.7 release notes.
>> >
>> > http://subversion.apache.org/docs/release-notes/1.7#wc-pristines
>> >
>> >> 2. this isn't automatic.
>> >
>> > Yes, that's a known bug that we need to fix someday.
>> Btw it's not a bug for some use cases: Subversion doesn't download
>> files if user switches to branch and then back to trunk. Which is very
>> useful in some scenarios.
>
> Agreed, that'd be an argument for not deleting pristines *as soon as*
> they're not necessary, but less often then that. You should mention it
> on the aforelinked issue ticket if it's not already there :)
Done. Thanks for suggestion!

-- 
Ivan Zhakov
CTO | VisualSVN | http://www.visualsvn.com
Received on 2013-12-09 22:44:22 CET

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