Getting started with a content filter

[Martin Pool]

On 28 July 2011 15:23, Chris Hecker <checker at d6.com> wrote:
>
>> On the other hand, I'm not sure that autodelete of old revisions is
>> such a good idea.
>
> I'd be okay with a manual prune of old history if it was fast and worked
> well.  But, once the feature is in, there's no reason you couldn't also have
> it run automatically for artists as an option.
>
> I think I know about all the workarounds with the various dvcses right now,
> and they're all pretty bad.  If I don't get something in bzr by the time my
> content directories grow (either the separate server hack with stub files,
> or the Real Thing), I will just put those in svn or p4 since I know they
> work.

So, if you put those files into svn, won't svn want to keep them
forever?  Or will you edit them out of the svn history (I forget the
command but I believe there is one), reset the history from time to
time, or just live with it because it's only on one server not every
machine?

m