How to Recursively Remove .svn Directories?

Question

How do I recursively delete all .svn directories, starting with the directory I am in?

Answer 1

Keep in mind that svn provides the "export" command that provides you with a copy of your working tree, but without all the .svn directories sprinkled in. This could be what you want.

$ svn export /tmp/copy_of_my_tree

Answer 2

If you're working in Linux (or equivalent), you can just do the following:

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

Answer 3

In any modern UN*X-like system (Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD):

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

find:

• in the current directory
• directories
• with name .svn
• and when found, run rm -rf on each