This is so common situation when somebody decides to copy a directory that contains SVN files which also has locally modified files.
Therefore a clean export won't do the job.
Here is what I do to clean up the new folder from the SVN files.
This command will display all the .SVN folders starting from the current folder.
Be yourself i.e. not root :D just in case.
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find . -type d -name '*.svn' -print
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Example Output:
./js/.svn
./templates/.svn
./.svn
./css/.svn
./images/.svn
What I do is check the folders visually and then use my editor to search & replace:
"./" and replace it with "rm -rf ./"
Result:
rm -rf ./js/.svn
rm -rf ./templates/.svn
rm -rf ./.svn
rm -rf ./css/.svn
rm -rf ./images/.svn
Then I paste this in the console window.
rm is a dangerous command so be careful!
Your precious work could be gone in a fraction of a second!
Normally I use
find . -type d -name *.svn | xargs rm -frto do this; it's sufficient 99% of the time. Sometimes I'm using the approach you described above too because it's so much better if one really wants to know what's happening ;)I simply enter ".svn" in the Search textbox of Windows Explorer and then delete all the files found.
So, use Windows :D