Re: [boost] [svn] cleaning up old branches

From: Daniel Wallin (daniel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-08-09 05:18:35

John Maddock wrote:
> Daniel Wallin wrote:
>> The standard practice with subversion is to `svn delete` old branches
>> once they have been merged. This keeps the branch directory nice and
>> clean (and frees up the branch name for future use). Does anyone have
>> any objections to deleting all old branches?
> 
> I wish someone would actually :-)
> 
> The branches directory is simply huge currently!

OK, I just removed all branches that hasn't been touched in 2 years:

  http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/38550

We could probably remove more branches, but 2 years seemed like a safe
cutoff.

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Daniel Wallin
Boost Consulting
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