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Re: How to remove local files without affecting repository

From: Simon Large <simon.tortoisesvn_at_googlemail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 21:39:46 +0100

2009/5/1 Ronni Rosenberg <ronnir_at_alum.mit.edu>:
> I want to do the same thing.  But if I delete my local, versioned copy
> (via Windows Explorer), the next time I do an SVN Update at the top of
> the directory, the files will be put back on my local machine.  Please
> advise.

That's not the same thing at all. I was talking about deleting an
entire working copy. If you are keeping the versioned parent you are
just clearing out part of your working copy.

Try using Update-to-revision on the directory you want to drop and
select depth=Exclude.

Simon

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