On 09/03/12 13:56, Simon Dean wrote:
Hi
Are there any plans to add a command to SVN that cleans a working copy or path
of all unversioned and/or ignored files and directories?
This is a very common need for automated Continuous Integration builds where a
working copy is reused for multiple runs of the same build. Currently there is
no simple and fast way to restore a working copy to a prestine state. Often
users have to choose between i) completely deleting the working copy for every
build and then doing a fresh checkout from scratch or ii) living with lots of
unversioned and ignored files and directories building up with each successive
build.
The only option at the moment is to write a shell/batch script to provide this
feature which is messy and there's common way to do this. A new SVN command or
enhanced exiting command that provided this functionality would be incredibly
useful.
As an example, here is the DOS batch script that I use at the moment:
@echo off
:: revert any uncommitted changes
svn revert . --recursive
:: remove all unversioned and all ignored files and directories
for /f "usebackq tokens=1*" %%i in (`svn status --depth infinity --no-ignore ^|
findstr /r "^[\?I]"`) do (
if not %%j == %~nx0 (
if exist "%%j\*" (
echo deleting unversioned directory "%%j"
attrib -h "%%j" /d /s
rmdir /s /q "%%j"
) else (
echo deleting unversioned file "%%j"
attrib -h "%%j"
del /f "%%j"
)
)
)
A possible command line syntax might look something like this:
svn revert . --ignored --unversioned --recursive
Sorry, but to me this has got nothing to do with Subversion. Your CI
tool is should clean up itself.
Having said that, if someone wants to implement such feature I don't
think I would have anything against it. But I doubt it will (be implemented)
Giulio