RE: SVN deleting files

                Hi,

TortoiseSVN has its own mailinglist for TortoiseSVN specific questions.
(Subversion has no standard GUI, so the only thing you would see is the 'D'
status).

If you svn delete files they are scheduled for deletion on the server. If
you would commit your changes the files would be removed from the server.

To keep them on the server but remove them locally you can just use the OS
commands. (A normal delete). But this would bring your workingcopy in the
missing state and keep a copy in the working copy data.

To really have a workingcopy without some specific large files you should
look into using sparse workingcopies. (I think the subversion book has some
topics on this subject). This marks the files or subdirectories as 'should
be absent', and you won't get them back by just calling svn update without
specific arguments.

Subversion 1.5 doesn't have an api to shrink existing working copies, so to
create one you should start by checking out the root and then including
everything you need. (The feature is available in trunk, so it should be in
1.6 when it gets out)

                Bert

From: Ilan Yaniv [mailto:Ilan.Yaniv_at_timetoknow.org]
Sent: maandag 1 december 2008 11:17
To: Subversion Users
Subject: SVN deleting files

Hi,

I have here an ambiguity.

I want to clean my disk. I chose, with the tortoise the delete option. I see
that my folders are now with red X.

If I will commit this change, will my files be deleted from the server too.

If they will.? What is the way I remove the files from the disk only
(command line and Tortoise command plz)

Thanks

Ilan Yaniv

Configuration Management

Phone: 03-7534333 ext. 5873

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Received on 2008-12-01 11:43:51 CET