I use SmartSVN as a frontend for Subversion. Occasionally, a source file that that is under repository control becomes redundant - I simply no longer need it. In such a case, I would like to delete it in the sense that updating the working copy no longer fetches the file from the repository. But I still want the file's history (i.e. the previously committed revisions) to remain in the repository.

If I remember correctly, SmartSVN's `Remove` command removes the file's history (I'm obviously hesitant to verify this). Please correct me if I'm mistaken. Otherwise: How can I achieve the desired effect?

**EDIT:** Using a dummy file, confirmed that `Remove` removes the file from SVN control completely, and its history is no longer visible. So the problem is real.