We committed some files in the /foo path. Now we want to start the /foo history from scratch. How do we delete /foo and its history from svn? It is possible?
We committed some files in the /foo path. Now we want to start the
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We committed some files in the /foo path. Now we want to start the /foo history from scratch. How do we delete /foo and its history from svn? It is possible?
This is not made easy by SVN, as it is designed to preserve data at all costs, not destroy it. There is no harm in leaving
foo'shistory in the repository.You can, however, do this using
svnadmin dump. You will find some details here:Subversion Obliterate feature