Delete specific revision

["M. Bashir Al-Noimi" <mb...@gmx.com>]

Hi All,

I'm planning to use SVN as backup system for my data (about 3TB), is it 
good idea?

If yes, How I can delete a specific revision (for decreasing size of data)?



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Muhammad Bashir Al-Noimi
My Blog: http://mbnoimi.net/

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RE: Delete specific revision

["Bolstridge, Andrew" <an...@intergraph.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: M. Bashir Al-Noimi [mailto:mbnoimi@gmx.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 6:26 AM
> To: users@subversion.tigris.org
> Subject: Delete specific revision
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I'm planning to use SVN as backup system for my data (about 3TB), is
it
> good idea?
> 
> If yes, How I can delete a specific revision (for decreasing size of
data)?
> 

Alas no, you cannot reduce the size of the repository except by dumping
it, and then loading it into a new repository using a filter. Google
"Svn obliterate" for many historical discussions of your request.

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Re: Delete specific revision

[David Weintraub <qa...@gmail.com>]

It usually isn't a good idea to use a revision control system for backing up
since it isn't really what a revision control system was made to do. I
would  recommend a true backup system. Not only would a true backup system
allow you to track and delete old revisions, but would do so in a more
automated fashion and probably have more of the features you really want.

If you really feel that a revision control system is what you want, take a
look at Perforce. Perforce is a commercial system, but it is free to use if
you have fewer than two users and need fewer than "five" views at once. If
this is for your own personal use, then you should be able to use it quite
easily.

Unlike Subversion, Perforce does have a command to let you completely
obliterate specific revisions of files or change lists (a change list is
like the Subversion repository revision number).

http://www.perforce.com

On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 1:25 AM, M. Bashir Al-Noimi <mb...@gmx.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I'm planning to use SVN as backup system for my data (about 3TB), is it
> good idea?
>
> If yes, How I can delete a specific revision (for decreasing size of data)?
>
>
>
> -----
> Best Regards
> Muhammad Bashir Al-Noimi
> My Blog: http://mbnoimi.net/
>
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