Visual SVN/Tortoise 'Delete - keep local' problem

Question

I wanted to remove some files from the repository (while leaving them locally), and stop tracking them in the future.

I tried this: - Used Tortoise 'Delete - Keep local' on the directory I wanted to remove from versioning. - Comitted to the repository.

This commit failed with this error: commit failed... item is out of date

Can anyone tell me

a) What the correct procedure is for this?

b) What can I do to get back to a working repository?

Thank you!

Answer 1

You need to first run svn update before you commit your changes. Then you can run svn del <file> to remove the files. Then try your commit again.