svn delete (del, remove, rm)
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## Name

svn delete (del, remove, rm) — 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.

## Options

    --editor-cmd CMD
    --encoding ENC
    --file (-F) FILENAME
    --force
    --force-log
    --keep-local
    --message (-m) MESSAGE
    --quiet (-q)
    --targets FILENAME
    --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
    svn: E195006: Use --force to override this restriction (local modifications m\
    ay be lost)
    svn: E195006: '/home/sally/project/over-there' has local modifications -- com\
    mit or revert them first
    $ svn delete --force over-there
    D         over-there
    $

Use the `--keep-local` option to override the default svn delete behavior of also removing the target file that was scheduled for versioned deletion. This is helpful when you realize that you've accidentally committed the addition of a file that you need to keep around in your working copy, but which shouldn't have been added to version control.

    $ svn delete --keep-local conf/program.conf
    D         conf/program.conf

    $ svn commit -m "Remove accidentally-added configuration file."
    Deleting       conf/program.conf
    Transmitting file data .
    Committed revision 21.
    $ svn status
    ?       conf/program.conf
    $

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