revert --force

Hi,

I am frequently unnerved by the fact that revert does not remove unversioned files and directories. I understand that protecting them from accidental deletion is often desirable, but not always. My suggestion is therefore to add a --force option to revert which does a true revert: It reverts the working copy without trying to be smart and just erases everything what's not in the repository.

Here's my use case:
- I'm working on a branch.
- I have a path in my working copy which is modified by some automatic scripts.
- About once a week, I merge trunk. To do so, I need a clean working copy. To get it clean, I have to
  - manually delete all these files (slow and error prone) or
  - delete the path and checkout again (very slow)
  - just revert --force it (wishful thinking).

Thoughts?

Best, Tobias

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