Remove OSX “._” files from Subversion

Do you use subversion? Did some well meaning OSX-using member of your team do “svn add *”  and accidentially commit a bunch of OSX’s vestigal “._” files?

Here’s an easy way to get rid of them. From the command line (in any Unix variant, including OSX) and cd to the working directory in question. Then paste in the following:

  1. #!/bin/bash
  2.  
  3. for file in \
  4.     `find . -name "._*" -print | grep -v ".svn"`;
  5.   do svn del $file;
  6. done

Then commit, and you’re done.

4 Responses to “Remove OSX “._” files from Subversion”

  1. On February 13th, 2009 at 9:47 am Mark said:

    OS X IS A SAINT. YOU LAY OFF.


  2. On February 13th, 2009 at 7:14 pm Jaybill McCarthy said:

    @Mark – OSX is fine. I’m just cheap.


  3. On February 16th, 2009 at 4:17 pm Rich said:

    What would that script look like in order to delete those files from the filesystem before I add a bunch of folders to SVN?

    Would I just replace “do svn del $file;” with “do rm $file;”?


  4. On February 17th, 2009 at 8:12 am Jaybill McCarthy said:

    @rich – Yes, anything you do in that loop will act on whatever is in $file.


February 12th, 2009
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