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Re: Purge old files in CVS?
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Jim Hyslop |
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Re: Purge old files in CVS? |
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Tue, 19 Jul 2005 08:21:33 -0400 |
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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