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Posted to users@subversion.apache.org by Andrey Repin <an...@freemail.ru> on 2009/04/28 00:34:21 UTC

Re: Shredding private/confidential information?

Greetings, Steven!

> When deleting private/confidential files, I think it is a good practice to
> run them through a shredder, even when a limited number of people has access
> to the disk they are on.  

> However, when managing private data in an SVN repository, this becomes
> problematic, because SVN copies and disposes files all over the place. The
> problem is particularly grievous with working copies. For example, when
> ordering a delete, SVN just disposes the file. When committing, it also
> disposes the copy in .svn/text-base. The same is done when updating any
> working copies containing this file. All this is done without any
> oppurtunity to shred the files in question. 

> Has anyone thought about this before? Suggestions? Maybe a candidate for a
> feature request? 

SVN is not designed (nor it is supposed) to maintain confidential data.
Use CVS, if you inclined to use version control. It maintain files separately,
much more affordable for cleanups.


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WBR,
 Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@freemail.ru) 28.04.2009, <4:31>

Sorry for my terrible english...

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