On Thu, Sep 08, 2022 at 10:08:00PM -0500, Chris Muller wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Sep 8, 2022 at 2:33 PM Thiede, Christoph <Christoph.Thiede at student.hpi.uni-potsdam.de> wrote:
> >
> > probably a simple FAQ, but I did not find a simple answer to it: What
> > would be the easiest way to clear my changes file? The background is
> > that I have a "fresh trunk image" which I open several times a day to
> > test anything out, make some changes to some classes, or install several
> > Metacello packages but eventually close the image without saving. This
> > bloats my changes file. How can I empty it again and remove all old
> > do-its, prior method versions, and so on? The "remove" items in the
> > change list tool do not seem to have any effect for me.
> >
> 
> I solve this with "Save as...".  First thing from the stock trunk
> image is to "save as" your work name.  Then, within that work, the
> same thing -- save as "_temp", do the load, then, if everything is
> good, save back as the original work name.  If not, you have the old
> work image and unbloated changes.
> 

That's what I do also.

Another simple way approach is to keep your stock trunk image and
changes files in a zip or tgz archive, and unzip them when you are
ready to start fresh.

Dave