Re: svn:ignore property ignored while adding files

In a message dated: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 15:02:34 EST
Michael Price said:

>I'm only a release manager and not a developer but I'm -1 on
>having add check svn:ignore.

I'm not even the PATCH maintainer, never mind a RM or developer,
but I'm -1 on it too, mostly :)

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

That I'll gladly +1 :)

>Now, as for the globbing issue, this is often handled by the shell.
[...snip...]
>
>Subversion will see two explicitly named files and it should add
>both regardless of the current ignore property.

But is this a case of the above, where svn would be 'second guessing'
you? Technically it is, since as a user, you ought to understand
*all* the tools you use, the shell being one of them. However, is it
legitimate for a user to expect different behavior since the
svn:ignore property was set, and *they* didn't explicitly name the
file, the shell did by expanding a glob?

I'm tempted to say this falls under the "you should understand your
tools" rule, but part of me also feels bad for the poor slop who was
just thrown to the wolves and hasn't yet learned the basics.

Just my $.0000002

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