similar to whack_dupes, but removes them from subversion repository.

diff --git a/scripts/rev_control/svn_rm_dupes.sh b/scripts/rev_control/svn_rm_dupes.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# whacks the files in the current directory which are duplicates of the
+# files in the directory passed as a parameter.
+# if there is a second parameter, then it is used as the "current directory".
+
+exemplar_dir="$1"; shift
+whack_dir="$1"; shift
+
+# make sure they gave us a good directory to start with.
+if [ -z "$exemplar_dir" ]; then
+  echo "whack_dupes"
+  echo "-----------"
+  echo ""
+  echo "This program needs at least one directory parameter.  The files in the"
+  echo "current directory will be removed if a file in the specified directory"
+  echo "already exists.  So... the current directory is the less important one"
+  echo "and is presumed to have duplicates AND the directory given as parameter"
+  echo "is considered important and has the best versions of the files."
+  echo "If there is an optional second parameter, then that is used as the"
+  echo "\"current\" directory where we start from; it will be the less important"
+  echo "directory and will have its entries cleaned if they're duplicates."
+  exit 42;
+fi
+
+# check to make sure they gave us a good directory.
+if [ ! -z "$whack_dir" -a ! -d "$whack_dir" ]; then
+  echo "the directory $whack_dir does not exist."
+  exit 3
+fi
+
+# test the tasty remote location with the better contents.
+pushd "$exemplar_dir" &>/dev/null
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+  # an error getting to this directory means its no good for us.
+  echo "the directory $exemplar_dir is inaccessible."
+  exit 2
+fi
+the_good_place="$(pwd)"
+popd &>/dev/null
+
+if [ ! -z "$whack_dir" ]; then
+  # use the directory as our "current" location.
+  pushd "$whack_dir" &>/dev/null
+fi
+
+current_dir="$(pwd)"
+
+#echo "currdir=$current_dir gooddir=$the_good_place"
+
+if [ "$current_dir" == "$the_good_place" ]; then
+  # this is not good; they're the same location.
+  echo "the request would whack all the files in the current directory; ignoring."
+  exit 4
+fi
+
+# do the real work now...
+for i in *; do
+  if [ -f "$exemplar_dir/$i" ]; then
+    echo "whacking $i"
+    svn rm "$i"
+  fi
+done
+
+if [ ! -z "$whack_dir" ]; then
+  popd &>/dev/null
+fi
+