topic Re: Deleted files versioned? in Alfresco Archive

Deleted files versioned?

jooray — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:24:58 GMT

I enabled versioning, but it seems, that versions of a space (directory) are not displayed in the web client. I would like to know, if it is possible to keep all files (even deleted ones) in versioning tree.The default delete operations says, that I'm deleting that file and all previous versions. I

Re: Deleted files versioned?

pmonks — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 05:52:01 GMT

The DM repository has a per-file versioning model (more akin to CVS / RCS than SVN), so if you delete a file in the DM repository you're not only deleting the file but also its entire revision history.

In comparison the WCM (AVM) repository has SVN style versioning semantics, so all operations are versioned (including "structural" operations such as deletes, renames and moves).

Cheers,
Peter

Re: Deleted files versioned?

jooray — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:51:01 GMT

Is it somehow possible to use AVM for DM? Or what are other differences (besides of WCM being used for web content management)? It's kind of a show-stopper for me, I don't want to store any web documents in the repository, but I need to keep structural changes history.

Re: Deleted files versioned?

rogier_oudshoor — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 08:05:31 GMT

You probably could if you are using a custom interface (I think FlexSpaces / AirSpaces have AVM viewers), but i don't think you can configure Alfresco's Web Client to do so.