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Re: is there a way to clean-up repository?
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David Taylor |
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Re: is there a way to clean-up repository? |
Date: |
Fri, 17 Aug 2001 20:27:24 -0700 |
Larry Jones wrote:
> Nils9 writes:
> >
> > Repository grows bigger and bigger very fast, is there a way to
> > throw out unnecessary revisions/branches and make the file sizes
> > smaller (esp. big binaries)?
>
> CVS is not desiged for storing large binaries; you may want to
> reconsider whether you're using the right tool for the job. That said,
> you can use "admin -o" to delete revisions.
>
> -Larry Jones
>
Nils9 -
But be aware that there is a warning at
http://www.cvshome.org/cyclic/cvs/rep-known.html that the "cvs admin -o"
command in CVS 1.10 has several bugs which can corrupt the repository.
dtayl