title: It is possible to completely remove a file from my SVN repository?
body: <p>I am using tortoise SVN for a project that I'm working alone and I have committed (by mistake) a huge file to my repository (a VC++ Intellisense Database). Now I want to remove this file from my repository to facilitate its backup.</p>
  
  <p>Removing the file from my project and doing a commit (obviously) do not solve my problem as the previous version of that file are still there in the repository. Is there a way to solve this problem that does not involve the creation of a new repository?</p>
  
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  <p><strong>EDIT</strong></p>
  
  <p>The @ryansstack solution worked perfectly, that is what I did (I ran the commands in the directory where my repository was located):</p>
  
  <p>First I created a dump of my repository filtering that huge file:</p>
  
  <pre><code>svnadmin dump tcc | svndumpfilter exclude "/trunk/Image Segmentation/Image Segmentation.ncb"  &gt; tcc.bak
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Then I have created a new repository (tcc2) and ran the following command:</p>
  
  <pre><code>svnadmin load tcc2 &lt; tcc.bak
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Now the dump size of tcc2 is 7 MB versus 170 MB of tcc.</p>