Question: I tried the example in the manual:

```
<delete includeemptydirs="true">
  <fileset dir="${DIR}" includes="**/.svn" defaultexcludes="false"/>
</delete>

```

(where DIR is set to some directory) and it does nothing. How can this be made to work? I'm using ant 1.7.0.

FYI: I've tried lots of different combinations of nested elements, `dirset` instead of `fileset` and it still doesn't work. :(

Answer: 
Why don't you just use **svn export** instead? 

Anyway, looks like ( [from here](http://www.jroller.com/stritti/entry/delete_svn_directories_using_an) ) the following should work:

```
<echo level="info">Remove svn-files...</echo>
<delete includeemptydirs="true" >
    <fileset dir="${checkout.dir}" defaultexcludes="false" >
         <include name="**/.svn/" />
    </fileset>
</delete>

```
Try with the following lines:

```
<delete includeemptydirs="true">
   <dirset dir="./" defaultexcludes="false">
      <include name="**/.svn/**" />
   </dirset>
</delete>

```