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  1. Subversion
  2. SVN-525

Allow working copies without .svn/pristine/ cache (a.k.a. "text-base/" files).

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    • New Feature
    • Status: In Progress
    • Major
    • Resolution: Unresolved
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    • 1.15-proposed
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    Description

      It's possible to make the cached pristine files in .svn/pristine/ optional. Doing so would be a huge storage savings on the client side, and would make Subversion even more compelling as a system for managing medium-large binary files.

      A much more technically thorough explanation of this issue and its background is available in this 2020-12-29 comment below.

      (Note that the cached pristine base versions used to be stored in .svn/text-base/, so you'll probably see references to that old location throughout this ticket. Also, there used to be one .svn/ directory per working tree directory; later that was changed to one .svn/ directory at the top of the working tree. Knowing that might also help clarify some of the older comments in this ticket.)

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          depends upon

          Task - A task that needs to be done. SVN-3357 Working Copy - Next Generation Library

          • Blocker - Blocks development and/or testing work, production could not run
          • Closed

          Task - A task that needs to be done. SVN-2539 Isolate all textbase access into a single submodule

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Closed
          is blocked by

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. SVN-4891 Pristines-on-demand: fix disabled tests

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • In Progress

          Improvement - An improvement or enhancement to an existing feature or task. SVN-4889 Pristines-on-demand: per-WC config

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Open

          Improvement - An improvement or enhancement to an existing feature or task. SVN-4896 Review crash-safety of new temporary files

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Open

          Improvement - An improvement or enhancement to an existing feature or task. SVN-4893 Pristines-on-demand: user guide

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Closed

          Task - A task that needs to be done. SVN-4898 Pristines-on-demand: make buildbots test it

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Open

          Task - A task that needs to be done. SVN-3357 Working Copy - Next Generation Library

          • Blocker - Blocks development and/or testing work, production could not run
          • Closed

          Task - A task that needs to be done. SVN-2539 Isolate all textbase access into a single submodule

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Closed
          is duplicated by

          New Feature - A new feature of the product, which has yet to be developed. SVN-2407 RFE: allow "lightweight" working copy.

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Closed

          Improvement - An improvement or enhancement to an existing feature or task. SVN-2520 Working copy optimized for space not time

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Closed

          Improvement - An improvement or enhancement to an existing feature or task. SVN-2610 Out-of-tree .svn directories

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Closed
          relates to

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. SVN-4888 Pristines-on-demand: authz denied during textbase sync

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Open

          Improvement - An improvement or enhancement to an existing feature or task. SVN-4892 Pristines-on-demand: update must not fetch pristines it doesn't need

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Open

          Improvement - An improvement or enhancement to an existing feature or task. SVN-4897 Pristines-on-demand: printing progress notifications

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Open

          Wish - General wishlist item. SVN-4894 Pristines-on-demand: an explicit "hydrate" command

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Open

          Wish - General wishlist item. SVN-4895 Commit without trying to compute a delta

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Open

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              julianfoad Julian Foad
              sussman Ben Collins-Sussman
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