Tortoise SVN deleted folders keep coming back

Question

I have a number of projects in my repository that are no longer needed.

I removed them from the repository - this seemed to remove them from SVN control as the relevant icons in Windows Explorer went away and the folders now show as standard Windows folders.

I then deleted the items from the hard disk.

Imagine my suprise to find when I went into the folder the next day, all of the deleted folders back. So I deleted them again - and they came back again.

None of them are showing as under source control.

What am I doing wrong??

Answer 1

You are probably referencing a previous revision number where those folders still existed.

Answer 2

Use the repository browser to check whether those folders really are deleted in the repository.

But I assume they are not. Most likely you just deleted the folders in your explorer. You must use the "Delete" command from the TSVN menu to remove folders from version control and then commit that deletion.

Answer 3

Did you commit the delete?

Answer 4

I have the very same problem: Deleted files from svn, commited the change. Updating or even making a complete new checkout makes those files reappear as non-versionend. I even added them back and deleted them again, and they just keep reappearing. Please help me, I'm going nuts over here.