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Strip .SVN Folders From A Subversion Working Copy

12.11.2008
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        // Find and remove all .svn folders. (useful if you've lost the original repo and need to trash the .svn meta data.


find . -name ".svn" -exec rm -Rf {} \;

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Yale Kaul replied on Sun, 2006/03/26 - 3:10am

I use this technique 'cause it's a little easier for me to remember: rm -rf $(find . -name .svn)
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