title: Removing and ignoring a versioned item, while preserving users' local copies
body: <p>There is a file, let's call it <code>fileToBeIgnored</code>, that is versioned in SVN and shouldn't be.  I understand that <code>svn:ignore</code> only prevents the addition of files to the SVN repository and already versioned files will keep on getting versioned whether they match the pattern or not. I'm perfectly okay with removing <code>fileToBeIgnored</code> from the SVN repository and adding it to its directory's <code>svn:ignore</code> property.</p>
  
  <p>My problem is, if I do that, when other users do their next update, their SVN client will try to remove their local copy of <code>fileToBeIgnored</code>. I don't want that; instead, I would like for everyone's currently existing local copy to be preserved.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a way to remove a file from the SVN repository without it being removed from a user's local copy on subsequent update?</p>