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From: Johan Corveleyn <jcorvel@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2016 01:24:27 +0200
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Subject: Is there a way to 'sparsify' a working copy, without starting over?
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archived-at: Sun, 12 Jun 2016 23:25:00 -0000

I have a (full depth infinity) working copy:

  parent
      \-- sub1
      \-- sub2

I'd like to make it sparse, throwing out sub2, so it becomes:

  parent (empty)
      \-- sub1 (infinity)

Is there a way to do that, without first making 'parent' entirely
empty (by executing 'svn up --set-depth empty parent')? Making
'parent' depth=empty would also remove sub1 which I then have to
retrieve from the server again.

Note: removing sub2 by running 'svn up --set-depth exclude
parent/sub2' is not the same (parent would still be depth=infinity, so
new subdirs could appear on subsequent updates).

-- 
Johan