Command to recursively remove all .svn directories on Windows

Question

I have a directory with many sub-directories. In each folder there is a subversion folder (.svn).

Is there a command in windows that will go through each folder and

Answer 1

If you want to delete all sub folders named .svn in windows then create batch file with this content:

for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%i in ('dir /s /b /a:d *.svn') do (
rd /s /q "%%i"
)

save it in a file del_All_Dot_SVN_Folders.cmd . Run it. You're done.

Thanks to http://www.axelscript.com/2008/03/11/delete-all-svn-files-in-windows/

Remember the above code has .svn whereas the code in the link has only *svn so its better to have the .svn to not accidentally have undesired effect.

Answer 2

Sorry for being late to the party but here's another one in a single line:

for /r %i in (.svn) do rmdir /s /q "%i"