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Recursive unversion files in subversion without deleting them from the working copy

I need to recursively unversion all *.pdf files in subversion

But want to keep them in the working copy.

Solution

  • First use delete with the --keep-local option, and then commit.

    On Windows

    for /R . %1 in (*.pdf) do svn delete "%1" --keep-local

    On Linux

    find ./ -name "*.pdf" -type f | xargs svn delete --keep-local

    And if you want to ignore them:

    svn propset svn:global-ignores "*.pdf" .