Remove File from SVN repository without deleting local file Dec 11, 2012 • {"display_name"=>"Marcus Puchalla", "login"=>"admin", "email"=>"cb0@0xcb0.com", "url"=>""} Use this when you accidently added a file to svn which should not have been commited at that time. svn delete --keep-local local_filename This prevents the file from being removed locally. So you can add it later again.