Re: Making a file in the working directory not be managed by Subversion any more

[apologies to Steve; I first sent this only to him, not the list.]

I tried this, but when I did an svn update, the file was deleted in my
working directory. (I think this is reasonable behaviour, but it wasn't
what I really wanted.)

Suggestions?
(Right now I'm working on a dump/dumpfilter/load script to "unversion"
all the files that I added at the "beginning of time" that are not
really source files.)

Donald.
(is top-posting deprecated on this list?)

Steve Williams wrote:
> johann.petrak@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> What is the best way to make a file that has been managed by
>> Subversion not be managed any more?
>> For instance, if a file got accidently added to the repository, how to
>> remove it from there without removing
>> it from the working directory? Is there a way to "officially" drop it?
>> (I believe it is impossible to remove all previous versions without
>> re-building the repository, but what
>> about simply removing it from now on?)
>
>
>
> copy file elsewhere
> svn rm file
> svn commit file
> copy file back from elsewhere
>

-- 
Donald H Locker
PTM Electronics, Inc
734 426 9010
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@subversion.tigris.org
For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@subversion.tigris.org