Re: Purge old files in CVS?

[Jim Hyslop]

Matthias Kaeppler wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have set up a CVS repository on a server where I only have 100MB quota.
> In order to avoid letting the repo grow infinitely, is there a mechanism 
> to tell CVS that it should purge all diffs before date X, in order to 
> save space?

It's not automatic, but you can use 'cvs admin -o' to purge old revisions:

https://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs-1.11.20/cvs_16.html#SEC118

Remember, though, that CVS stores only the difference from one revision 
to the next, so you may not need to purge anything.

> I mean, I don't need changes made 6 months ago anyway, so I
> can as well get rid of the changelogs and diff-files.
I have, on occasion, needed to go back and view revisions older than six 
months. Do not assume that, just because it's old, you'll never need it 
again.

--
Jim