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Disallow changes in Subversion tags

Because Subversion does not have explicit tags, and everything in the repository is just another folder or file (and thus editable), we sometimes have the need to secure or force our repository layout. Creating a tag is just making a copy of the trunk (or any branch) so you have a snapshot of how the [...]

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Deleting Subversion repository files (for real)

Keeping files and directories in the repository is one of the key principles of Subversion, so once you’ve committed something, it’s there for ever. You can delete files, but they still exist somewhere in the repository, so you can go back in time. But there is always that time where you’ve (accidentally) committed a password [...]

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