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Remove all .svn folders in a directory tree (See related posts)

// You did a checkout when you really wanted to do an export.
// Now there are tons of .svn folders in your project, and you need them to go away.
// Shell scripting to the rescue.

// Credit: Zed Shaw, at the Mongrel mailing list.

find . -name ".svn" -exec rm -rf {} \;
to bash find subversion svn by olleolleolle on Mon Aug 28 06:09:53 -0400 2006

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pvdb posts on May 16, 2008 at 08:18
Or - if you're anally retentive like me :-) ...

find . -name ".svn" -type d -exec rm -rf {} \;


... which only deletes directories named ".svn"

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