Remove all .svn dirs recursively under the given path

remove_svn_dirs.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
"""Remove all .svn directories"""
import os
import shutil

def remove_dot_svn_dirs(root):
    """Remove all .svn directories root"""
    for root, dirs, _ in os.walk(root):
        for adir in dirs:
            if adir == '.svn':
                fullpath = os.path.join(root, adir)
                shutil.rmtree(fullpath)

def main():
    """Main function that handles all command line parsing"""
    from optparse import OptionParser
    usage = "usage: %prog [options] directory"
    parser = OptionParser(usage)

    _, args = parser.parse_args()
    if len(args) < 1:
        parser.error("A directory must be specified")
    remove_dot_svn_dirs(args[0])

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()