<p>I have a project which is source controlled using Subversion and VisualSVN. Since the version of web.config is different on the server and the developers' computers I want the file to remain on the computers but to be ignored by Subversion. I added it to the svn:ignore but it still remains (and still has a red exclamation mark too since we are not committing it).</p>

<p>How can I remove it from Subversion safely without it being deleted from the files system</p>

<p>Thanks,
Adin</p>

```
```
svn rm --force web.config
svn commit
```
```
Be careful to back up your local copy (of web.config) before doing this, since it will be deleted.