Version Control with Subversion, 2nd Edition
by C. Michael Pilato, Ben Collins-Sussman, Brian W. Fitzpatrick
Name
svn delete — Delete an item from a working copy or the repository.
Synopsis
svn delete PATH...svn delete URL...Description
Items specified by PATH are
scheduled for deletion upon the next commit. Files (and directories
that have not been committed) are immediately removed from the
working copy unless the --keep-local option is
given. The command will not remove any unversioned or modified
items; use the --force option to override this
behavior.
Items specified by URL are deleted from the repository via an immediate commit. Multiple URLs are committed atomically.
Alternate names
del, remove, rm.
Changes
Working copy if operating on files; repository if operating on URLs.
Accesses repository
Only if operating on URLs.
Options
--editor-cmdEDITOR--encodingENC--file (-F)FILE--force --force-log --keep-local --message (-m)TEXT--quiet (-q) --targetsFILENAME--with-revprop ARG
Examples
Using svn to delete a file from your working copy deletes your local copy of the file, but it merely schedules the file to be deleted from the repository. When you commit, the file is deleted in the repository:
$ svn delete myfile D myfile $ svn commit -m "Deleted file 'myfile'." Deleting myfile Transmitting file data . Committed revision 14.
Deleting a URL, however, is immediate, so you have to supply a log message:
$ svn delete -m "Deleting file 'yourfile'" \
file:///var/svn/repos/test/yourfile
Committed revision 15.
Here’s an example of how to force deletion of a file that has local mods:
$ svn delete over-there ...