"unadd" a file to svn before commit

I was in the middle of doing a recursive svn add/commit, and a folder which did not have the proper ignore properties was included. I've got about 100 uploaded binary files versioned now, but I haven't committed yet.

What is the easiest way to 'undo' this, without deleting all the documents?

Solution 1:

Use svn revert --recursive folder_name

Warning

svn revert is inherently dangerous, since its entire purpose is to throw away data — namely, your uncommitted changes. Once you've reverted, Subversion provides no way to get back those uncommitted changes.

http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.ref.svn.c.revert.html

Solution 2:

svn rm --keep-local folder_name

Note: In svn 1.5.4 svn rm deletes unversioned files even when --keep-local is specified. See http://svn.haxx.se/users/archive-2009-11/0058.shtml for more information.

Solution 3:

Try svn revert filename for every file you don't need and haven't yet committed. Or alternatively do svn revert -R folder for the problematic folder and then re-do the operation with correct ignoring configuration.

From the documentation:

 you can undo any scheduling operations:

$ svn add mistake.txt whoops
A         mistake.txt
A         whoops
A         whoops/oopsie.c

$ svn revert mistake.txt whoops
Reverted mistake.txt
Reverted whoops