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SSilk
SSilk

Reputation: 2502

Exclude files by wildcard through Tortoise SVN shell menu

I am using Tortoise SVN 1.6.16 in Windows 7. If I have a certain file type I want to exclude from future commits, I thought I could just go find a file of that type within my working folder, then right click it, and select "TortoiseSVN->Delete and Add to Ignore List->*.ext" where ext is the file extension of the file I clicked, as shown in the image below.

However, when I do this, it only excludes that specific file, and the next time I commit, all other files of that type still come up in the list to commit.

Am I doing something wrong? How can I just tell Tortoise or SVN to ignore all files of a certain type from future commits?

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Upvotes: 9

Views: 8639

Answers (3)

leokhorn
leokhorn

Reputation: 507

You could also use Tortoise's global ignore pattern (if it's applicable to all your working copies):

  • TortoiseSVN -> Settings
  • General
  • Fill out the "Global ignore pattern" field, such as adding "*.ext" at the end of it, separating entries with a space.

Upvotes: 2

Michael Sorens
Michael Sorens

Reputation: 36708

I had the same hunch as @Stefan: that you were probably seeing files in subdirectories and thinking those should have also been ignored even though you only applied the ignore to a single folder.

So if that is in fact the case, here is the recipe:

When you want to ignore files or patterns from a single directory:

Use the convenience menu command to add to the ignore list.

When you want to ignore files or patterns from a subtree:

Open the subversion properties (TortoiseSVN >> Properties) of the root of the subtree. Add or edit an entry for the svn:ignore keyword. The illustration shows an example where I have specified to ignore an obj subfolder as well as all files with a .user or .bak extension.

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The secret, though, is in the specification--when you define the patterns to ignore, select the recursive choice as indicated here:

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Unfortunately, there is one catch to this method: In my example, I had previously specified to ignore obj and *.user and I was adding just the *.bak pattern. When I apply recursively, it does not apply just the change (*.bak) but everything in the svn:ignore keyword (obj, *.user, and *.bak) to all subfolders. That may or may not be what you want, so be aware of it.

Upvotes: 16

Stefan
Stefan

Reputation: 43575

It ignores all bat files right, but not recursively! It only ignores them in the folder you added it to the ignore list.

Upvotes: 2

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