SVN delete --keep-local

Question

I\'m working on a project where someone has checked in some folders and files that are not suppose to be in the repository and are suppose to be on our local, I try to delete th

Answer 1

As wcoenen and Dave Markle said, you have an old version that doesn't have the --keep-local option. To be more specific, this option was introduced in version 1.5.

As a workaround:

1. Copy the files out of your working copy
2. svn delete
3. svn commit
4. Copy them back into the working copy
5. Add them to svn:ignore so they don't get checked in again!

Answer 2

Please note that delete --keep-local only keeps the deleted files/folders in your local working copy.

When your coworkers perform their next update, the affected files/folders will be deleted in their working copies.

The keep-local option isn't as useful as a lot of people seem to think it is.

Answer 3

Upgrade to the latest version of the SVN client. The version you have installed doesn't have the --keep-local option yet. This feature was added in SVN 1.5.