Nov 11, 2008
Super Geeky: Removing Subversion files from a directory with Windows Powershell
There have been times when I’ve wanted to remove the .svn subversion repository folder from an entire directory. With Windows Powershell, you can do that in a one line command:
get-childitem C:\your-directory -include .svn -recurse -force | foreach ($_) { remove-item $_.fullname -recurse -force}
The one thing I discovered is that you need to include “-force” in order for windows to “see” the hidden folders and files.
I highly recommend you add the –whatif parameter to the end of the remove-item command before you run this just to be sure its only hitting the files you want.
This article was helpful in getting me on track.
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