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"? > I've attached a patch for the svnbook (not tested). > Index: ch02-basic-usage.xml > =================================================================== > --- ch02-basic-usage.xml (revision 4563) > +++ ch02-basic-usage.xml (working copy) > @@ -2892,6 +2892,21 @@ > > </sect2> > > + <!-- =============================================================== --> > + <sect2 id="svn.tour.cleanup.size"> > + <title>Reducing the Size of a Working Copy</title> > + > + <para>Subversion 1.7 does not automatically remove pristines > + that are no longer referenced. As a consequence, a working > + copy can grow up to several times the size that is really > + needed. We recommend to run <command>svn cleanup</command> > + periodically in order to claim back the disk space of > + unreferenced pristines<footnote><para>See <ulink > + url="http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=4071"; > + /> for details.</para></footnote>.</para> > + > + </sect2> > + > </sect1> > > <!-- ================================================================= --> Thanks! This list is not the right list for svnbook patches. I've forwarded your patch to the right list, and put you in Cc.
