Re: Deleting revision from an archive file?

[Donald Sharp]

On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 10:38:10AM -0400, Donald Sharp wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 09:36:57AM -0500, Olaf Meding wrote:
> > Donald,
> > 
> > Is there a way to delete old revisions from an archive file?
> > 
> > 
> > > ... why would you want to get rid of revisions ...
> > 
> > It is not me, but the person handling nightly builds.  So he has files that
> > get updated daily, with some of these having almost 400 rev's (one per
> > night) and growing.
> 
> Sure but so what.  If he is always using the latest version
> that is the version that is stored.

Let me expand on that...

That is the version that is stored first in the file.  Thus
it is the fastest to get at.

donald
> 
> donald
> > 
> > 
> > Olaf
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Donald Sharp [mailto:address@hidden
> > Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 5:52 AM
> > To: Olaf Meding
> > Cc: info-cvs mailing list
> > Subject: Re: Deleting revision from an archive file?
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 05:20:56PM -0500, Olaf Meding wrote:
> > >
> > > Is there a way to delete old revisions from an archive file?
> > 
> > Yes, but why would you want to get rid of revisions.  They
> > are a history of the file and the changes that went into
> > them.
> > 
> > >
> > > Some of our files have too many (more than 100) revisions.  Is there a way
> > > to delete old revisions, say the first 50 (rev's 1.1 thru 1.49)?
> > 
> > How is that too many?
> > 
> > What is your real goal?
> > 
> > donald
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks much in advance for your help.
> > >
> > > Olaf
> > >
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