Re: Bug report: cannot ignore system files (such as Thumbs.db)

Ed wrote:
> For some reason, I can't SVN-ignore "system files" (such as Thumbs.db
> on Windows XP) when using TortoiseSVN, which is rather annoying when
> dealing with folders containing images - they always show up as
> "modified" unless I go and commit the Thumbs.db file itself whenever I
> modify any images in the folder, or disable thumbnail caching in
> Explorer. I can't find "ignore" on the menu for my Thumbs.db (I can
> ignore other files perfectly fine), and even adding it manually to the
> svn-ignore property of the folder has no effect.

If it shows up as modified, you have versioned the file. Versioned files
can not be ignored.

Delete the file from version control, commit. Then let Windows recreate
the file, then ignore it.

Stefan

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