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[[!comment format=mdwn
username="nobodyinperson"
avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/736a41cd4988ede057bae805d000f4f5"
subject="No built-in way for dropping all old versions of a file AFAIK"
date="2023-07-29T17:43:41Z"
content="""
@mario: AFAIK there's no built-in way to drop selected|all old versions of a file.
Some Context:
- [user asking pretty much the same](https://git-annex.branchable.com/forum/drop_old_versions_of_a_file/)
- [me opening a (now vanished?) todo on making old versions available in a view](https://downloads.kitenet.net/gitweb/?p=git-annex.git;a=blob;f=doc/todo/View_for_old_versions_of_a_file.mdwn;h=2d7df8246ecc768556d76fc6a5693b3a17bc8726;hb=a268dbf4012dd1c843da5b7a0cfca0700775a94d)
My [proposal above](https://downloads.kitenet.net/gitweb/?p=git-annex.git;a=blob;f=doc/todo/View_for_old_versions_of_a_file.mdwn;h=2d7df8246ecc768556d76fc6a5693b3a17bc8726;hb=a268dbf4012dd1c843da5b7a0cfca0700775a94d) would facilitate this (kinda), e.g. like this:
[[!format bash \"\"\"
# enter a view with all versions of files in the foo directory
git annex view --historical /=foo
# in the repo toplevel there are now all versions of all files that were in the foo directory
git annex drop # drop all versions of all files in the foo dir
git annex drop MyFile.txt* # drop all versions of that one file named like this
\"\"\"]]
The `--historical` is not implemented, so you currently have two options:
## 1. Checking out each relevant commit, then drop content from there
[[!format bash \"\"\"
f=\"path/to/myfile.txt\"
# find all commits that touched exactly that file path (except for the latest version)
# parsing --follow to catch renames/moves will be more challenging
git log --format=format:%H \"$f\" | tail -n+2 | while read commit;do
# go to that commit, then drop that file path
(set -x;git checkout $commit;git annex drop \"$f\")
done
# remember to switch back to your default branch afterwards
\"\"\"]]
## 2. Parsing the log to find the relevant keys to drop
[[!format bash \"\"\"
# This lists all commits including filenames and annex paths of the file in question
git log --patch --follow -- path/to/myfile.txt
# You will need to parse this somehow and extract the keys, then drop them:
git annex drop --key $KEY
# This also catches renames (--follow)!
\"\"\"]]
I would also love a git-annex-native way to delete all old versions of a file reliably. I think option 2 above and/or the [new view feature I proposed](https://downloads.kitenet.net/gitweb/?p=git-annex.git;a=blob;f=doc/todo/View_for_old_versions_of_a_file.mdwn;h=2d7df8246ecc768556d76fc6a5693b3a17bc8726;hb=a268dbf4012dd1c843da5b7a0cfca0700775a94d) would be very helpful. 👍
"""]]