Ivan Zhakov wrote on Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 01:00:32 +0400: > On 9 December 2013 21:55, Daniel Shahaf <d...@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 :)
