Re: Scrubbing data from CVS repository

[Spiro Trikaliotis]

Hello,

* On Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 12:51:45PM -0400 Jim Hyslop wrote:
 
> If I may suggest an alternative: if the other developers don't need the
> history of the files, you could export the latest version to a working
> directory, scrub the working directory, then import the files into a new
> repository as version 1.1. Just a thought.

Another option if history is not important:

Check in a new version (with passwords removed) and "outdate" the older
revisions (cf. "cvs admin -o"). Note: Make sure

1. you backup the file beforehand, and
2. you fully understand the "cvs admin -o" command and its syntax!

Regards,
   Spiro.

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