Ignore Files in Subversion on Per-Project Basis

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I recently began working on a large project that contains a huge number of files. For some reason (which I don't understand), the team decided not to use svn:ignore and, as such, each developer needs to provide his or her own set of ignore parameters.

I'm using the TortoiseSVN client, and there is a way to do this (using the global ignore property), except it would then apply across ALL other projects that I have checked out which I don't want.

Is there any way to ignore files on a per-project basis without using the svn:ignore parameter? Thanks for any help.

Edit: I wanted to specify that svn:ignore is not an option. The solution would have to be something locally.

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I assume that the right click->TortoiseSVN->Add to ignore list... does simply svn:ignore parameter right? because This would solve the problem. – bua
@bua - Yes, "Add to ignore list..." just uses the svn:ignore parameter. – JasCav
I'm just guessing- maybe You could rename Your files, folders to hidden ones locally... (.[name]). Then svn would not find them. – bua
Renaming the folder would not take care of the problem, since Windows doesn't consider .folder to be hidden like linux does. TortoiseSVN will still "see" it. – jheddings
So you come questioning how to do X in tool Y, with the pre-requisite that Z, which is the way to do X in Y is not an option. What do you expect except people pointing out to you that Z is the way to do X in Y? svn:ignore is the tool to ignore project-specific files and if your team decided it wants to do without, then it is left without the means to ignore project-specific files. That's just the way this world was made. – sbi

2 Answers

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TortoiseSVN can recursively set the svn:ignore property for an entire directory subtree. So if your repository is organized in a way that each project has its own folder, you can apply a different svn:ignore pattern for each project.

Check the "Apply property recursively" box when setting the value.

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Just use the ignore list. You can read about it in the docs.

This does set the svn:ignore property for the path, but you can apply it recursively if needed.

Since the properties are actually saved in the repository, the other developers would not need to set their own ignore lists. They will automatically get the same properties when they next update their working copies.