Removing SVN folders from a directory

If you need to removing a folder from subversion run the following command

rm -rf `find . -type d -name .svn`

Hiding SVN Directories using .htaccess

You can use the .htaccess file to hide specific directories pretty easily using a simple rewrite rule

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule \.svn/ - [F]

This same format could be used to hide any directory on a web server.