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

On 2013-12-09 19:55:54 +0200, Daniel Shahaf 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

Unfortunately there are lots of things in the release notes, and it
is difficult to know what is important or not. "svn cleanup" doesn't
say much about what it does.

There are also Debian specific problems: in a huge upgrade, the user
doesn't necessary notice that a new major version (with significant
changes and regressions) of some software is installed, unless this
is announced in NEWS.Debian (it usually is, but it wasn't for 1.7).

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