Question: I'm currently using Subversion to manage my ASP.NET website. I'm finding that whenever I go to upload my website to my server, I'm copying a large number of hidden .svn folders and whatever contents may lie within them.

Does anyone have any suggestions for avoiding this? I don't particularly want those hidden .svn folders on the production server, but short of manually deleting each .svn folder before I upload my website, I'm at a loss for how to have a .svn-folder-free production environment.

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Edit: Thank you everyone, those are great suggestions, I really appreciate it!

Answer: 
How about you run Subversion on the server and then do an svn export from the repository? svn export is like a checkout, but w/o the .svn folders (and w/o the ability to do Subversion work in that directory).

Alternately, do a svn export of the repo on your local machine and then FTP up the exported version.
1. You should use export command of the subversion.
2. You may tweak registry and add a "Delete SVN Folders" to the context menu for folders. Here is an example script from <http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway/archive/2007/02/24/shell-command-remove-svn-folders.aspx> Save it to a .reg file and execute.

Right click on your project folder and delete all .svn folders recursively.

```
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Folder\shell\DeleteSVN]
@="Delete SVN Folders"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Folder\shell\DeleteSVN\command]
@="cmd.exe /c \"TITLE Removing SVN Folders in %1 && COLOR 9A && FOR /r \"%1\" %%f IN (.svn) DO RD /s /q \"%%f\" \""

```