Jörg Rohrschneider wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I haven't found anything about this in the Issue Tracker, but I think
> this would a real improvement:
>
> The 'svn:ignore' property of directories can be set recursively. But
> this action OVERRIDES all settings of the directories below.
>
> Example:
>
> dir_above (svn:ignore= pattern_all)
> + dir_below (svn:ignore= pattern_all + pattern_special)
>
> Now I want to add a ignore pattern (pattern_added) to the whole tree:
> If I add it recursively to 'dir_above' the result is:
>
> dir_above (svn:ignore= pattern_all + pattern_added)
> + dir_below (svn:ignore= pattern_all + pattern_added)
>
> thus losing 'pattern_special' of the subdirectory.
> One should be able to get the result
>
> dir_above (svn:ignore= pattern_all + pattern_added)
> + dir_below (svn:ignore= pattern_all + pattern_special + pattern_added)
>
>
> Here's my suggestion:
> There should be an additional checkbox 'Merge property values' in the
> 'Edit Properties' dialog
> 1. User edits a property of a directory
> 2. User checks the 'Apply property recursively' checkbox
> 3. User checks the (new) checkbox 'Merge property values'
> 4. User confirms the dialog
> 3. Tortoise recursively merges the new property value into the respective
> values of the property in all subdirectories
>
> Rules:
> - The checkbox 'Merge values' is enabled if and only if 'Apply recursively' is
> checked
>
> I would deem this a very useful enhancement...
You'd have to ask on the Subversion mailing list for such a 'merge'
feature - it's Subversion that sets the properties recursively, without
any chance of TSVN to interfere with that command.
Stefan
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Received on Tue Feb 13 19:28:24 2007