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Re: Feature Request - Allow "add to ignore" on folders marked for addition (but not yet added)

From: Thomas S. Trias <ttrias_at_artizan.com>
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:47:28 -0700

>
> From: Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com
> <mailto:tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com?Subject=Re:%20Feature%20Request%20-%20Allow%20&quot;add%20to%20ignore&quot;%20on%20folders%20marked%20for%20addition%20%28but%20not%20yet%20added%29>>
>
> Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:32:55 +0200
>
> Thomas S. Trias wrote:
> /> Example folder structure: /
> /> /
> /> . // top level working directory already added to repository /
> /> .\SubFolder // sub-folder that has not yet been marked for add /
> /> .\SubFolder\ignore.txt // file that I want to ignore /
> /> /
> /> I right click on "." and choose "SVN Add..." /
> /> Within the add dialog, with "SubFolder" checked, I right-click on /
> /> "SubFolder\ignore.txt" and choose "Add to ignore list" > "ignore.txt" /
> /> (which choice is made from the sub-menu is irrelevant). /
> /> /
> /> I get an error dialog: "Could not add ignore.txt to the ignore list!" /
> /> Since there isn't a _svn / .svn folder within SubFolder to store the /
> /> svn:ignore property, this is not unexpected. /
> /> /
> /> However, it would be much handier if this were handled differently; I /
> /> have two thoughts on the matter which I am sure can be argued pro /
> con /
> /> by people much closer to the source code than I am: /
> /> /
> /> 1) Do a "silent" "svn add" to "SubFolder" /
> /> /
> /> This is probably the easiest fix, but it involves doing something
> before /
> /> / without explicit confirmation (unless you pop up yet another dialog /
> /> box). This what I end up doing manually by first adding the folder /
> /> structure and then going back and setting svn:ignore properties. /
>
> Bad idea! Most users who want to ignore stuff simply don't understand
> how the svn:ignore properties work. Silently adding a folder just to
> have something ignored will lead to many angry "BUG!!!!" mails here.
>
I agree that this is a bad idea; see below.
>
> /> 2) Cache the svn:ignore property for "SubFolder" (and any other
> folders /
> /> in a similar situation) /
> /> /
> /> Here, TortoiseSVN would keep track of the "svn:ignore" properties for /
> /> folders that have not yet been added; then, when the user chooses
> "OK", /
> /> TortoiseSVN would first add the folders and then apply the
> "svn:ignore" /
> /> properties. If someone added to a folder's the ignore list and then /
> /> unchecked the folder, TortoiseSVN could either silently discard the /
> /> svn:ignore property or throw an error trying to set it. This raises
> the /
> /> additional issue that the add dialog must process ignores both from
> the /
> /> _svn / .svn information and from the current cache. /
>
> Again, adding a folder to version control without the user explicitely
> asked for it is a bad idea.
>
In this case, we are caching the svn:ignore settings and we are
discarding them / generating an error if the folder is unchecked when
the user says OK. Therefore, no folders are being added to version
control without the explicit consent of the user, but we can still add
svn:ignore properties to folders that are checked / slated for addition.
>
> Stefan
>

-- 
Thomas S. Trias
Senior Developer
Artizan Internet Services
http://www.artizan.com/
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