Removing .svn files from all directories [duplicate]

Answer 1

And a PowerShell version

ls  -Force -Recurse -Filter  .svn  | rm -Force -Recurse

Answer 2

I posted this yesterday over here, but here is again because I kind of put it in the wrong thread anyway...

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I've got something that should make your day. Original source is here.

This is a (perfectly safe) Shell Extension that will add "Delete SVN Folders" to your right click menu in Windows. Run it on any directory containing those pesky files.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Folder\shell\DeleteSVN]
@="Delete SVN Folders"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Folder\shell\DeleteSVN\command]
@="cmd.exe /c \"TITLE Removing SVN Folders in %1 && COLOR 9A && FOR /r \"%1\" %%f IN (.svn) DO RD /s /q \"%%f\" \""

To make this part of your build script copy that call to cmd.exe and execute it.

Answer 3

Those folders are required for how subversion works with a working copy (i.e. where you've done a checkout).

One option would be for you to do an export to another location. The export would not have the .svn folders, and you could run your script on that. Documentation: svn export, TortoiseSVN Export

Another option would be to modify your script to ignore hidden directories, or build a better build tool.

Answer 4

on Win32/Win64 systems, the following command should do the job:

del /q /s  .svn

Answer 5

I'm not sure in your specific case that you want to remove all those .svn directories. But if you do, here is a bash one-liner to do just that:

find . -name .svn -print0 | xargs -0 rm -r

Answer 6

I dont know if I would delete them, but maybe modify your build script to ignore copying them would be a good idea. I use Ant to build compile and build my war and it does so ignoring .svn dirs.