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.co...@siemens.com] > Sent: 15 July 2013 10:50 > To: David Aldrich; 'users@subversion.apache.org' > (users@subversion.apache.org) > Subject: RE: How to prune old versions of an artefact? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: David Aldrich [mailto:david.aldr...@emea.nec.com] > > Sent: 15 July 2013 10:09 > > To: 'users@subversion.apache.org' (users@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 > > > > Click > https://www.mailcontrol.com/sr/TfcnIiq+PCrGX2PQPOmvUpFBc4ZD8M8UYq > XdQke3IG8VxJBrTnjnEEpfbe+cKMM7x7UZkiVaIJf5pl0FDW8fzw== to report > this email as spam.
