LemurTransactionTooBig < Main

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---++ Subversion says my transaction is too large

We limit the size of commits to the repository, to prevent people from accidentally committing large files that shouldn't be in the repository (and which are hard to remove, later.)

Generally speaking, you should commit source files and hand-edited data, not output files or static data files that can easily be regenerated.  You can tell Subversion to ignore certain types of files by setting the svn:ignore property on their directory.  For example, to tell Subversion to ignore files ending in ".o" and files starting with "debug_log":

=svn propedit svn:ignore directoryname=

Your default editor will start.  Add the following lines:
<verbatim>
debug_log*
*.o
</verbatim>

...and save the file.

You can add as many ignore patterns as you want, one per line.  For more information, see
[[http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.advanced.props.special.ignore.html][Ignoring Unversioned Items]] in the Subversion book.

If you have large files that legitimately need to be in the repository, email linghelp@u to explain the situation and you will be added to the exception list.

-- Main.DavidBrodbeck - 12 Dec 2007
This topic: Main > LemurTransactionTooBig
Topic revision: r1 - 2007-12-12 - DavidBrodbeck