How to remove all deleted files from repository?

Question

I have a script in which I add all new files before to commit my working copy to my repository with this line:

svn status | grep ^\? | awk '{print $2}' | xargs svn add 

I now want to add a line that delete from repository all deleted files in my working copy. In other terms, I cannot specify them one by one, and I need to detect them with svn status and then automatically remove them. However the line doesn't work.

svn status | grep ^\! | awk '{print $2}' | xargs svn --force delete 

As you can see I've replaced

"?" with "!" and

"add" with "--force delete"

Could you tell me why it doesn't work ?

ps. I know it is a risky procedure. I've already discussed all about it. thanks

thanks

Answer 1

I just tried this and it works perfectly.

$ svn st | grep '^!' | awk '{print $2}' | xargs svn delete --force D         groups.pl D         textblock.pl 

Do your files have spaces in their names?

WAIT A SECOND!! I see the problem. You have:

svn --force delete 

and not:

svn delete --force 

The --force is a parameter of the delete command and not the svn command.

Answer 2

I have found another solution, too.

svn status | grep '^\!' | sed 's/! *//' | xargs -I% svn rm % 

I have seen it on http://donunix.blogspot.de/2009/02/svn-remove-all-deleted-files.html