On Saturday 29 May 2004 09:58 am, C. Michael Pilato wrote:
> Robert Paulsen <robert@paulsenonline.net> writes:
> > On Saturday 29 May 2004 09:38 am, C. Michael Pilato wrote:
> > > Robert Paulsen <robert@paulsenonline.net> writes:
> > > > A Makefile
> > > > A README
> > > > A hello.c
> > > > svn: Unsupported node kind for path 'howdy.c'
> > > >
> > > > Why isn't howdy.c ignored?
> > >
> > > (Just a guess) because you explicitly asked to add it (it was one of
> > > the items expaded by the wildcard *). I think Subversion will ignore
> > > ignores in cases where you tell it to explicitly add something.
> >
> > Well, then I'm not sure what good svn:ignore is. In this little
> > example I put together I could easily pick and choose which files to
> > ad, but If I have a directory tree with hundreds of files and a few
> > symlinks scattered around what am I supposed to do?
>
> If you were recursively adding a tree (like 'svn add some-dir'), you
> wouldn't see this. It's only because you *explicitly asked Subversion
> to add a symlink* that it said, "No, I'm sorry, I can't do that." Of
> course, right now there is a problem with running 'svn add' on an
> already versioned directory (see Issue #939), so you can't simply do
> 'svn add .' -- tough luck (for now). :-\
AHA! I think I am beginning to see the light!
1. The problem (of svn:ignore not being honored) goes away if one adds or
imports a directory instead of "*", except for issue #939.
2. When one adds by directory name, symlinks are ignored automatically,
without requiring the svn:ignore property.
--
Robert C. Paulsen, Jr.
robert@paulsenonline.net
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