Comand line to clear .svn directories
Here’s a shortcut to delete all .svn directories in linux:
find -type d -name .svn -exec rm -rf {} \;
the -type d specifies the type is directory, -name will search the patter and -exec will execute the comand. As for the {} will get the current filename processed.
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See http://www.rubify.com/articles/2006/08/17/deleting-svn-directory
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