How to delete .svn Files from Mac;

Category: My Tutorials > Code Repositories

Here is a quick way to delete all .svn files from a particular directory and all its child directories:

Open your terminal, navigate to the directory from where you want to delete .svn files;

It’s good to show all hidden files first.

Type the following command:


rm -rf `find . -type d -name .svn

Thats it.

Update 28.May.2k13
You can also use the following command for the same purpose:

find ./ -name ".svn" | xargs rm -Rf

Update 21.July.2k11
This command will not entertain those directories which has space in their name.
Can anyone solve this issue?

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