Remove ".exclude" extension from all files in a directory without losing SVN history

removeExcludeExtension.py

"""Remove the ".exclude" extension from all files in this directory.
"""
import os, re, pysvn

# Get all of the files in the directory.
excludeFiles = os.listdir('.')

# Filter so only those ending with ".exclude" are in the list.
regex = re.compile('.+\.exclude$', re.IGNORECASE)
excludeFiles = filter(lambda f: regex.search(f), excludeFiles)

client = pysvn.Client()
for f in excludeFiles:
    client.move(f, f[:-8])