Re: ignore not recursive to subdirectories

On 1 May 2003 cmpilato@collab.net wrote:

> Faheem Mitha <faheem@email.unc.edu> writes:
>
> > On Fri, 2 May 2003, John Barstow wrote:
> >
> > > You can pass the -R switch to propogate svn:ignore recursively.
> >
> > I tried this with propedit, but it didn't work.
>
> Given what propedit does -- loads the current property value into an
> editor, and then save your edited result -- it doesn't really make
> alot of sense to recursively edit properties (just how many times do
> you want that editor popping up in your face?).
>
> You can today use 'svn propset' with the -F switch.

Ok. I see that would work.

> Or, if the community thinks it useful, we could make 'svn propedit -R'
> simply *not* populate the editor with anything, and instead skip
> straight to storing your new property recursively. I'd wouldn't mind
> that so much (as long as it was properly documented).

Yes, I'd like that. Actually, that is what I assumed it did when I tried
to pass the -R switch.

                                               Faheem.

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Received on Fri May 2 07:20:01 2003