Signorini [mailto:giorgio.signor...@unifi.it]
Gesendet: Freitag, 16. März 2012 19:33
An: users@subversion.apache.org
Betreff: a simple recipe to 'obliterate' an item from svn repository
Hello
I need to delete a file permanently from my repository, since it was added by
mistake and is very big.
> From: Daniel Shahaf
> Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 12:50:48 +0200
>
>
> Are you aware of svndumpfilter?
>
No, I was not. It is definitely the tool I need for the task. Thank
you.
Giorgio
Giorgio F. Signorini wrote on Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 09:29:52 +0100:
> Hm ... I just found that in r100 I did a couple of other changes to
> the repository other than adding the big unwanted file, so the recipe
> I had in mind is not an option.
>
Are you aware of svndumpfilter?
> I am left with
Hm ... I just found that in r100 I did a couple of other changes to
the repository other than adding the big unwanted file, so the recipe
I had in mind is not an option.
I am left with your suggestion, svnsync. I thought it was used just to
mirror a repository, do you mean it can be used to make
On Mar 16, 2012, at 13:33, Giorgio F. Signorini wrote:
> I need to delete a file permanently from my repository, since it was
> added by mistake and is very big. I understand this is not a very easy
> thing to do, and is related to the project of an 'svn obliterate'
> command.
>
> I seem to have
Your recipe should work, assuming the file was added in r100 and never
changed or copied afterwards. You may pass --deltas to 'svnadmin dump'
(no reason not to). It'll offset r101:r200 revnums by one in the new
repository.
Another way is to use svnsync with path-based authz blocking the file
(an
Hello
I need to delete a file permanently from my repository, since it was
added by mistake and is very big. I understand this is not a very easy
thing to do, and is related to the project of an 'svn obliterate'
command.
I seem to have found a simple workaround for my problem, and I would
very mu
