Re: Script to clean out files not in Subversion ...

On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 14:07, Parrish, Ken <KParrish_at_gomez.com> wrote:
> I would like to create a script that will scan a Subversion working
> directory and detect all files and directories which are NOT presently under
> Subversion control. The files and directories will then be deleted so as to
> return the state of the working directory to that of a recently 'checkout'.
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> I would like to avoid having to delete the entire directory tree and then
> execute a Subversion 'checkout' or 'update' on the directory due to
> performance and network issues.
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> I have various scripting tools available to handle the job, but need a way
> to easily detect which files to remove.

Any file listed in the output of svn st with a question mark in the
first column is "unknown" to Subversion. Grep that output for a ? at
the beginning of the line and you'll have a list of all unversioned
files/directories.

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Received on 2008-12-10 20:51:00 CET