i want to delete a release branch permenantely from my svn repository, i dont want to be it in my svn db

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please could anyone help me in deleting a release branch completely from my SVN repository, so that this will not be present in history.. thus requiring low disk space

Possible duplicate of [Deleting an SVN Branch](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3816626/deleting-an-svn-branch) — Mage Xy, Nov 06 '15 at 15:30
@MageXy and two supporters- no, `svn rm` removes node only from HEAD, not from history — Lazy Badger, Nov 06 '15 at 18:59

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 06 '15 at 19:02

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If you want remove some node without any traces in history, you have to

Have full access to repository FS (not RW to repository)
Create full dump of repo with svnadmin dump
Remove unwanted branch from dump with svndumpfilter
Load new clean dump into new empty repository with svnadmin load

answered Nov 06 '15 at 19:02

Lazy Badger

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Deleting my answer. You've covered the same ground very nicely, and in fewer words to boot! – Edwin Buck Nov 06 '15 at 19:45
im getting the filterd branch againn – kanna Nov 12 '15 at 13:12

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 06 '15 at 15:28

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You can just do svn rm to unwanted branch folder on your file system and do commit, thats all you have to do :), on server only delta may present which dont take much space.

answered Nov 06 '15 at 15:28

Amey Jadiye

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hi tanku for quick reply....but when we do a reverse merge it will be available,but i dont want it to be in the repository totally... – kanna Nov 06 '15 at 15:30
Well technically it comeback by calculating deltas. Versioning is made for not loosing anything... but once you commit removed branch consider its gone.. you cant see it and your server space is also saved thats what you want ? – Amey Jadiye Nov 06 '15 at 18:59

i want to delete a release branch permenantely from my svn repository, i dont want to be it in my svn db

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