Delete

[David Arnold <dw...@cox.net>]

All,

I have a group of teachers who will be working together on a textbook  
project. Some are very novice users and none have used Subversion or  
any version software before (me included).

I am concerned that someone might use svn delete to remove something  
from the repository that might irrevocably be lost. That's possible?

If so, how do we prevent such a thing? Are there permissions, such as  
in mysql, that give users only certain rights and take away others?



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Re: Delete

[Duncan Booth <du...@suttoncourtenay.org.uk>]

David Arnold wrote:

> I am concerned that someone might use svn delete to remove something  
> from the repository that might irrevocably be lost. That's possible?
> 
No, svn delete just deletes a file from this point on. You can always 
retrieve it from an earlier revision if you want to restore it.


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Re: Delete

[Paul Koning <pk...@equallogic.com>]

>>>>> "David" == David Arnold <dw...@cox.net> writes:

 David> All, I have a group of teachers who will be working together
 David> on a textbook project. Some are very novice users and none
 David> have used Subversion or any version software before (me
 David> included).

 David> I am concerned that someone might use svn delete to remove
 David> something from the repository that might irrevocably be
 David> lost. That's possible?

No.  You can undo the effect of any commit, including those that do
deletes.

 David> If so, how do we prevent such a thing? Are there permissions,
 David> such as in mysql, that give users only certain rights and take
 David> away others?

If you want to disallow deletion, you can use the pre-commit hook for
that.  But given that all actions can be undone, I don't see a good
reason for that.

       paul


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