Un-Clone Sitecore Items

Other day I got a request to un-clone 100+ Sitecore items. Doing it manually through Content Editor is not a feasible option. so I thought of putting together a PowerShell script which can un-clone Sitecore items.

[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile("< wwwroot Directory>\Sitecore.Kernel.dll")

$root = Get-Item -Path "master:/sitecore/content/Home"

$props = @{

Parameters = @(@{Name="root"; Title="Choose the root"; Tooltip="Only items from this root will be returned."; } )

    Title = "Clone Item Comparison Report"

    Description = "Choose the root node."

    Width = 550

    Height = 300

    ShowHints = $true

Icon=[regex]::Replace($PSScript.Appearance.Icon,"Office","OfficeWhite", [System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexOptions]::IgnoreCase)

}

$result = Read-Variable @props

if($result -eq "cancel") {

    exit

}

$clonedItems=Get-ChildItem -Path $root.FullPath -Recurse

$CloneCollection = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList

write-host 'start un-cloning the items...'

foreach($clonedItem in $clonedItems){  

    if($clonedItem.IsClone){ 

        $ClonedProperties = [PSCustomObject] @{

ItemId = $clonedItem.ID;

ClonedItemName=$clonedItem.Name;

FullPath = $clonedItem.FullPath;

Source = $clonedItem."__Source";

SourceItem = $clonedItem."__Source Item";

}

        $CloneCollection.Add($ClonedProperties) 

$clonedItem.Editing.BeginEdit()

        $itemUnClone = New-Object Sitecore.Data.Items.CloneItem($clonedItem)

        $itemUnClone.Unclone()

$clonedItem.Editing.EndEdit()

    }

}

write-host 'Generate clone comparison report'

if($CloneCollection.Count -ne 0){

$CloneCollection | Show-ListView -Property ItemId, ClonedItemName, FullPath, Source, SourceItem

}

write-host ' done!'

Disclaimer : Don't run this script on Production without validating it on Dev/Test.

Happy coding.