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TorQue MoD
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Reputation: 51

SVN - Why did my directory double in size after checking out a working copy?

Using Tortoise SVN, I wanted to have an incremental backup of my Unreal project directory so I created a repository and exported my project folder which is 165GB total size. I then deleted the original directory after the successful commit and checked out the working copy using SVN Update. Now the project folder is 331GB! It's got all of the regular files, but also the .svn folder is another 165GB. How the heck do I stop this from happening? I don't have enough HD space.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 464

Answers (1)

bahrep
bahrep

Reputation: 30662

Your data is already stored in your Subversion repository. You need to backup the repository, not your local working copy. You can backup your working copy, but backing up your repository is more important since it has your revision history. Note that

  1. you could use svn export instead of svn checkout to get the latest snapshot of your repository and its size will be 165GB.
  2. pristineless Subversion working copies is a work-in-progress and maybe will be released in one of the next major updates of Apache Subversion. See SVN-525: Allow working copies without .svn/pristine/ cache (a.k.a. "text-base/" files).

Upvotes: 0

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