I found this entry and found it useful….
http://www.broobles.com/blog/posts/36
Everything below is a direct copy and paste of the link above… but I don’t want to take the risk, should that link ever go down…
In Windows Explorer:
Right click on the folder and click Search..
Enter .svn as the filename to search for.
Click “More advanced options” and select:
- Search hidden files and folders
- Search subfolders
Press search button and delete the folders you find appropriate.
Oh, and this description is at least valid for windows xp pro.
The easiest way is by creating a .cmd script file at the root directory and execute it. Here is the code for cleanSVN.cmd :
for /f “tokens=* delims=” %%i in (’dir /s /b /a:d *svn’) do (
rd /s /q “%%i”
)
You could also just do a search in windows by pressing Ctrl + F, and then selecting find hidden files, and search “.svn” and then highlight all of them and press the delete key.
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Thanks for this. Was wondering how to do it.
Thanks very much, the .cmd shell script works on Windows Vista.
For others using this script – if you copy and paste the snippet of code, you need to replace the quotes and double quotes. WordPress renders the quotes in a way that Windows cannot parse.
Oh btw — the script in its current form can be dangerous. It will delete all files ending in “svn”. I happen to have non-svn files that end in svn! To make it safer, just add a dot after the *
for /f “tokens=* delims=” %%i in (’dir /s /b /a:d *.svn’) do (
rd /s /q “%%i”
)
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Nice one!!! I went through so many different
find . …. -exec rm -rf alternatives but didnt even think to just use the search window..
DOH!!
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