Bzr completely delete revisions (with files)

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I've unintentionally committed some confidential files to a bzr branch. What's even more sticky is that I also pushed them to launchpad.

I made a bzr revert but, if I go to that dirty revision, I can still see those files. Is it possible to completely return to a previous revision, so that those files completely disappear?

Or as an alternative, if I delete the trunk branch of a launchpad project, will I be able to create a new trunk?

This question is essentially a duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2262203/delete-file-history-with-bazaar — Adam Glauser, Feb 13 '12 at 18:16

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 14 '12 at 12:58

So according to TridenT's and jelmer's recommendations the solution is:

1.) `bzr uncommit -r X` Where X is the revision I want to return to
2.) `bzr commit` This created the local revision X+1
3.) `bzr push --overwrite -r X+1` This pushed the stuff to launchpad,

and all those sticky files are gone.

Thank you guys.

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 13 '12 at 18:57

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If you delete the trunk branch of a launchpad you will be able to create a new trunk.

You can also completely go back to the previous revision by using "bzr push --overwrite -rREVNO" where REVNO is the revision you want to go back to.

answered Feb 13 '12 at 18:57

jelmer

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Thank you jelmer. However unfortunately this doesn't work. If I try `bzr push --overwrite -r X`, it says `No new revisions to push.` and no change happens. – Attila Fulop Feb 14 '12 at 12:30
Ok, in conjunction with TridenT's solution it worked. Thank you – Attila Fulop Feb 14 '12 at 12:51

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 14 '12 at 09:36

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You can do a uncommit. For the user, this will remove it from the branch. In the bzr repo, it will in fact unlink the revision from the main line.

answered Feb 14 '12 at 09:36

TridenT

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Bzr completely delete revisions (with files)

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