From 2503ff17db5f98b98bc7c18a2b22e46431fb491e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mario Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2023 12:57:03 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added a comment: Dropping all older versions of a file --- ...ent_4_160011717157fa8fca3a33b543c4d28d._comment | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/forum/Best_way_to_remove_old_version_of_specific_file/comment_4_160011717157fa8fca3a33b543c4d28d._comment diff --git a/doc/forum/Best_way_to_remove_old_version_of_specific_file/comment_4_160011717157fa8fca3a33b543c4d28d._comment b/doc/forum/Best_way_to_remove_old_version_of_specific_file/comment_4_160011717157fa8fca3a33b543c4d28d._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f476e99466 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/Best_way_to_remove_old_version_of_specific_file/comment_4_160011717157fa8fca3a33b543c4d28d._comment @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="mario" + avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/4c63b0935789d29210d0bd8cad8d7ac7" + subject="Dropping all older versions of a file" + date="2023-07-29T12:57:02Z" + content=""" +Is there also a straight forward way to drop all versions of a specific file? + +In option 1, I always have to drop the file right away. In my use case it makes more sense to drop (all) older versions of a specific file from time to time. + +Typically I want to keep old versions (of other files), therefore I can't use drop unused. But for some specific files, I want to get rid of the history at some point in time (e.g., after the project they belong to is finished). + +Alternatively, is there a way to get all prior keys a specific file once pointed to? Then I could drop all these keys. +"""]]