How can I delete all unversioned/ignored files/folders in my working copy?

Question

If I have a working copy of a Subversion repository, is there a way to delete all unversioned or ignored files in that working copy with a single command or tool? Essential

Answer 1

With powershell:

(svn status --no-ignore) -match '[?]' -replace '^.\s+' | rm

From command line:

powershell -Command "&{(svn status --no-ignore) -match '[?]' -replace '^.\s+' | rm}"

Answer 2

This is similar to other answers, but actually gets ignored files (note the 'I' in the REs):

 rm -rf `svn status --no-ignore | grep '^[\?I]' | sed 's/^[\?I]//'`

Answer 3

Somebody said you can't do it from the Windows command line.

Bull.

for /f "tokens=2 delims= " %I IN ('svn st --no-ignore ^| findstr /R "^[I?]"') DO (DEL /S /F /Q /A:H "%I" & rmdir /S /Q "%I")

Does it in one line and doesn't require a single GNU tool. :)

Answer 4

Using TortoiseSVN:

1. Right-Click on the root of the working copy and select TortoiseSVN -> "check for modifications"
2. Select "Show ignored files"
3. Sort by "Text status" column
4. scroll to the "non-versioned" files, now all grouped together; select them all and right-click -> delete
5. scroll to the "ignored" files, now all grouped together; select them all and right-click -> delete

Not really a nice and clean solution, but the fastest way I know of (on Windows).

Thanks to pkh for the tip with the ignored files.

Answer 5

you can't delete them with just SVN command line (not sure about GUI tools though) if you are under linux system this might help:

http://www.guyrutenberg.com/2008/01/18/delete-unversioned-files-under-svn/

The other (brutal) method is to commit changes, delete all from folder and checkout again.

Answer 6

I know this is old but in case anyone else stumbles upon it, newer versions (1.9 or later) of svn support --remove-unversioned, e.g. svn cleanup . --remove-unversioned.

https://subversion.apache.org/docs/release-notes/1.9.html#svn-cleanup-options