# OT: Subversion folder cleanup

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-subversion-folder-cleanup/55160>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 17, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-subversion-folder-cleanup/55160 "2006-03-17T15:12:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![BuntinS\_SethSKATE](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@BuntinS\_SethSKATE](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BuntinS_SethSKATE)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-subversion-folder-cleanup/55160/1 "2006-03-17T15:12:52Z")

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How do you clean up your app folder to place onto the server? I want to  
get rid of all the .svn stuff.

Seth B.

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**Author:** ![BuntinS\_SethSKATE](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@BuntinS\_SethSKATE](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BuntinS_SethSKATE)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 3:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-subversion-folder-cleanup/55160/2 "2006-03-17T15:21:58Z")

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Buntin, Seth - KATE wrote:

> How do you clean up your app folder to place onto the server? I want to  
> get rid of all the .svn stuff.

I’m no “find” master but you should be able to add some deployment task  
to do something like:

find -type d -name .svn -exec rm -rf {}

not tested!!

Or you could just setup your webserver to disallow serving .svn  
directories.

Jeroen

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**Author:** ![BuntinS\_SethSKATE](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@BuntinS\_SethSKATE](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BuntinS_SethSKATE)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 3:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-subversion-folder-cleanup/55160/3 "2006-03-17T15:31:17Z")

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Or simply “svn export svn://fooserver/app/trunk app”

Francesc

On Mar 17, 2006, at 3:21 PM, Jeroen H. wrote:

> Or you could just setup your webserver to disallow serving .svn  
> directories.
> 
> Jeroen
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**Author:** ![BuntinS\_SethSKATE](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@BuntinS\_SethSKATE](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BuntinS_SethSKATE)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 3:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-subversion-folder-cleanup/55160/4 "2006-03-17T15:31:25Z")

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Hi !

2006/3/17, Buntin, Seth - KATE [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):

> How do you clean up your app folder to place onto the server? I want to get  
> rid of all the .svn stuff.

The real answer is you want to export your project, not checkout.

Export makes a regular tree - the tree will NOT be a Subversion working  
copy.

Hope that helps !

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**Author:** ![BuntinS\_SethSKATE](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@BuntinS\_SethSKATE](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BuntinS_SethSKATE)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 3:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-subversion-folder-cleanup/55160/5 "2006-03-17T15:34:30Z")

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I’m a subversion noob, but I think it’s svn export

[http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.1/svn-book.html#svn-ch-9-sect-1.2-re-export](http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.1/svn-book.html#svn-ch-9-sect-1.2-re-export)

Chris T

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**Author:** ![BuntinS\_SethSKATE](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@BuntinS\_SethSKATE](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BuntinS_SethSKATE)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 3:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-subversion-folder-cleanup/55160/6 "2006-03-17T15:34:40Z")

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Francois B. wrote:

> Hope that helps !  
> Why does Capistrano by default do a checkout I wonder?

Jeroen