On 13.06.2016 01:24, Johan Corveleyn wrote: > I have a (full depth infinity) working copy: > > parent > \-- sub1 > \-- sub2 > > I'd like to make it sparse, throwing out sub2, so it becomes: > > parent (empty) > \-- sub1 (infinity) > > Is there a way to do that, without first making 'parent' entirely > empty (by executing 'svn up --set-depth empty parent')? Making > 'parent' depth=empty would also remove sub1 which I then have to > retrieve from the server again. > > Note: removing sub2 by running 'svn up --set-depth exclude > parent/sub2' is not the same (parent would still be depth=infinity, so > new subdirs could appear on subsequent updates).
--set-depth empty on parent is the correct first step. The contents of parent/sub1 will still be in the pristine store, so you won't be fetching all that much data from the server. -- Brane
