Remove a given folder from a Git repository…

git rm -r cache/

Remove two directories and their contents recursively

rm -rf dir1 dir2

Remove a directory called ‘dir’ and contents recursively

rm -rf dir

Moving, Coping and Deletion

svn mv file.php to_folder/        #Move
svn cp file.php to_folder/         #Copy
svn rm file.php                          #Deletion