Actually, I've never used it and just tested it. It did exactly what you want it to do. It added an svn:ignore to the folder properties. It deleted the file from the repository. After I committed the new property and the delete the file was still in my working copy.
So, I'm not sure what more you want it to do?
BOb
> I get ya Bob. But why not have that ignore & delete just delete it from
> the
> repo instead of local. Maybe change the functionality and rename the
> function to "Igore & Remove from Repo" or something
>
>
> Bob Archer wrote:
> >
> >> I have to disagree Simon.
> >>
> >> There are cases where yes, you do need to exclude but I too am annoyed
> >> that
> >> when I righ-click a file and try to simply add it to the ignore list,
> >> half
> >> the time it only gives me the option to Delete and Ignore.
> >>
> >> What if I do NOT want to delete it but just ignore it.
> >
> > You can't ignore a versioned file. It just isn't possible with svn.
> >
> >> This is a valid
> >> issue. You can't say that 100% of the time you want to delete it from
> >> your
> >> local working copy! You loose potentially something vital that you do
> >> need
> >> locally but Subversion does not need.
> >
> > If you are ok with deleting it from the repository so you can ignore it,
> > you should copy it out of the WC, do the delete and ignore then copy it
> > back into your WC.
> >
> > If you want to ignore it but is must be in svn then add it to the
> > ignore-on-commit change list.
> >
> > BOb
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