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Adrian Shum
Adrian Shum

Reputation: 40076

SVN ignore that is local to working copy?

Is there any way that I can ignore a file in my local working copy without polluting the svn properties? I don't want my local ignore pattern (e.g. temp files) being published to repository and cause repo having lots of useless information.

Just like in git, I can have .git/info/exclude. Is there any similar way in SVN?

Upvotes: 48

Views: 24832

Answers (4)

emragins
emragins

Reputation: 5167

If you want to avoid downloading a remote directory completely, the following works:

svn update --set-depth exclude <folder-to-ignore>

Upvotes: 4

Joey
Joey

Reputation: 354854

You can put them into the changelist ignore-on-commit. See this question and its answer.

EDIT: This only works with tortoisesvn and possibly other clients, not with svn per se.

Upvotes: 32

sam
sam

Reputation: 40708

This technique is more like .gitignore than .git/info/excludes (Managing svn:ignore with impunity):

  • Create a .svnignore in the top of your project.
  • Make a list of files/wildcards you care to ignore
  • Save it

Now, from the top of your project, you can do:

$ svn propset svn:ignore -F .svnignore  .

At least this way you have to make just 1 propset change.

You'll still have to either track or ignore your .svnignore (just like .gitignore).

Upvotes: 6

Simon Hughes
Simon Hughes

Reputation: 3574

Yes there is. Goto TortoiseSvn Setting -> General.

There is a global ignore edit box. Add the following as a good starting point to ignore items you do not want to go into the repository:

*.fbl6 *.fbpInf *.fb6lck *.*scc *.aps *.bak *.cache *.eto *.ilk *.ncb *.obj *.patch *.pch *.plg *.rdl.data *.sbr *.sqlsuo *.suo *.svclog *.tlh *.tli *.tmp *.user *.vshost.* *DXCore.Solution [Bb]in [Dd]ebug [Oo]bj [Rr]elease _[Rr]e[Ss]harper.* _UpgradeReport_Files Ankh.Load Backup* CVS PrecompiledWeb svnignore[.-] [Tt]humbs.db UpgradeLog*.* _vti_* lint.db

Upvotes: 15

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