Svn wrapper? [pasted from a Q. on the forum] ... To resolve "conflicts remaining"

[Jeffrey Bouquet]

On many machines here, the ports or src tree upon  svn up  shows a large number of conflicts, half of which want an 
answer such as "postpone", the other "theirs-full". Re-downloading with svn seems to not resolve the conflicts. (Why they 
appear in the first place, nothing changed on this machine in the meantime, is a complete mystery.) The often recommended delete-and-re-checkout procedure is okay, but takes much more time (preserving extra files etc) than I"d like to, if there was any svn command that mimics the old 
cvs procedure of remove-directory and re-
cvs it. Anyone 
knows of a succinct svn command for use in such situations, or if a wrapper could be crafted that puts forth the series of 
commands that would take less time than a new src or ports checkout? The handbook refers to the SVN redbook, it might have the answer, but I am reluctant to spend the time reading it thoroughly if someone else has and knows the answer(s) already.


Thanks. 
J. Bouquet 
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