Re: How do I remove a directory (or file) under version control (opposite of "svn add")

Jacob Atzen wrote:
> The only was I'm aware of is to copy the offending directory someplace,
> delete it from the repository and move it back:
>
> cp -R dir/ /tmp
> svn delete dir
> svn ci -m "* Deleted dir"
> mv /tmp/dir .

If you're using a Unix OS it will be more efficient to hard-link the
directory tree under a different name (on the same filesystem!). Then
you can just let svn delete unlink the original:

 cp -rl dir dir_tmp
 svn rm dir
 svn ci
 mv dir_tmp dir

-- 
Dan C <djc@djc.id.au>
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