On Sep 23, 2010, at 6:40 AM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 12:43 AM, David Huang <k...@azeotrope.org> wrote: >> >> On Sep 22, 2010, at 8:21 PM, Chris Albertson wrote: >>> But, I did not think until now that I should have excluded files such >>> as core files and logs and autoconf's cache from version controls. I >>> now know how to a global ignore and a ignore foe one directory but how >>> to remove these files from version control once they are already >>> there. Is "svn rm" the best why? But that will remove them from >>> the working directory too. I don't want that. >> >> svn rm --keep-local filename > > Which is thoughtful, but does *NOT* get old versions of the file out > of the repository.
True, but Chris didn't say that was a requirement... he just wants to "remove them from version control", but not "remove them from the working directory too". In which case, rm --keep-local sounds like exactly what he wants. -- Name: Dave Huang | Mammal, mammal / their names are called / INet: k...@azeotrope.org | they raise a paw / the bat, the cat / FurryMUCK: Dahan | dolphin and dog / koala bear and hog -- TMBG Dahan: Hani G Y+C 34 Y++ L+++ W- C++ T++ A+ E+ S++ V++ F- Q+++ P+ B+ PA+ PL++
