diff --git a/scripts/remove_non_svn_files.sh b/scripts/remove_non_svn_files.sh
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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-###########################################################################
-#    remove_non_svn_files.sh
-#    ---------------------
-#    Date                 : August 2008
-#    Copyright            : (C) 2008 by Tim Sutton
-#    Email                : tim at kartoza dot com
-###########################################################################
-#                                                                         #
-#   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  #
-#   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  #
-#   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     #
-#   (at your option) any later version.                                   #
-#                                                                         #
-###########################################################################
-
-
-#
-# A simple script to get rid of files that are not 
-# managed by svn. It will request confirmation before 
-# deleting each file.
-#
-
-for FILE in $(svn status |grep "^?" | awk '{print $2}');do rm -i -r $FILE; done