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

On 10.12.2013 14:15, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On 2013-12-10 12:12:06 +0100, Stefan Sperling wrote:
>> On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 01:28:52AM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
>>> First, "svn help cleanup" currently says:
>>>
>>> cleanup: Recursively clean up the working copy, removing locks, resuming
>>> unfinished operations, etc.
>>>
>>> I suggest to change it to something like:
>>>
>>> cleanup: Recursively clean up the working copy, removing locks, resuming
>>> unfinished operations, removing unreferenced pristines, etc.
>>> In 1.7, we recommend to run "svn cleanup" periodically to reduce the size
>>> of the working copy.
>> Perhaps saying "to remove unferenced pristine copies of files" or
>> something similar is clearer than "reduce the size of the wording copy"?
> Or "to claim back the disk space of unreferenced pristines" like in
> the release notes?

The correct English term is "reclaim". We should review our release
notes more diligently. :)

"Reclaim disk space used by unreferenced pristine files" sounds about right.

-- Brane

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