Re: svn:ignore property ignored while adding files

On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 03:02:34PM -0500, Michael Price wrote:
> If I type 'svn add baz' then I want baz added regardless of whether or
> not its being "ignored". Ignores shouldn't override explicitly added
> files.

A little tap on the shoulder wouldn't be a bad thing here, though. Just
like "svn commit -m commit.msg" infers that you probably picked the wrong
command line option (if a file commit.msg exists) and requires a --force
to make sure you really didn't just make a typo, a simple warning here
wouldn't be an entirely bad thing. Not a --force requirement, but just
a visual warning that the file you just added matched the svn:ignore
property (since if it's not what you meant, you can just svn revert it).

"svn pset svn:ignore" could do something similar when files matching the
glob are already a part of the repository/wc.

> I know what I'm doing. The commands I'm running shouldn't second guess
> me.

Of course, but surely someone committing a file matched by svn:ignore is
a corner case where raising a visual warning might be appropriate? Typos
happen. Guess how I found out about the "svn commit" behavior? ;-)

-- 
Edward S. Marshall <esm@logic.net>
http://esm.logic.net/
Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas.
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