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Gerhard, > >> But, So you say even though we use those Admin commands and > >> remove that version he accidentally did, still that has a history? > > > > No - never ever ever use the admin command. > > I have (admittedly rare) applications for removing past > (obsolete) revisions. It seems that I'm not the only one, as > the "select non significant" revisions command in WinCvs > seems to show: someone took the effort to implement it, and > its main purpose seems to be to remove these revisions after > selecting them. > Ultimately it's a process issue - as I said originally - if you delete one revision where do you stop? uBut at a purely technical level - all "admin" commands are dangerous (it's why they are called admin commands). Deleting -kB revisions may or may not work - my concern is that some people are treating the "admin" command like the "update" command - the "admin" command should only be ran by an admin and only after performing a full backup of the repository, whereas "update" is ok for users to run. I personally think any admin command in a GUI is a "bad thing" - it propagates the myth that this is a "user command". It's a bit like adding a GUI for fdisk into windows explorer. You are just going to end up with millions of PC users changing their partition table - now most of the time that may be OK - but changing the partition table is dangerous and should only be done by an admin after performing a complete backup... The "cvs admin" command already is restricted to admin users only - but this is overridden (from memory) when in :local: mode (again :local: mode is a "bad thing"), now "local mode", "cvs admin" and "wincvs" are words that just go together too often and too easily... Regards, Arthur