root/scm_utilities/svn/trunk/desvn.py

#! /usr/bin/python
# Remove .svn directories from a directory tree; only tested under Windows (but might work under *nix)
# Usage:
#  desvn.py --> GUI directory selector
#  desvn.py dir1 dir2 ... dir n --> removes .svn directories from dir1 tree, dir2 tree, etc

import Tkinter, tkFileDialog, os, shutil, os.path, sys, stat

# get list of directories to remove .svn subdirectories
if len(sys.argv) == 1:
    root = Tkinter.Tk()
    dirList = [tkFileDialog.askdirectory(parent=root,
               initialdir="/",title='Please select Directory:', mustexist=1)]
    root.destroy()
else:
    dirList = sys.argv[1:]

# now walk the directory tree and remove all .svn directories
for treeTop in dirList:
    for dir, subdir, files in os.walk(treeTop, True):
        if os.path.basename(dir) == ".svn":
            # remove any read-only attributes from the .svn directory tree
            for svnDir, svnSubs, svnFiles in os.walk(dir, True):
                os.chmod(svnDir, stat.S_IREAD | stat.S_IWRITE)
                for filePath in svnFiles:
                    os.chmod(os.path.join(svnDir, filePath), stat.S_IREAD | stat.S_IWRITE)
            # remove .svn directory tree
            shutil.rmtree(dir)
            subdir = []
            print 'Removed %s' % (dir)