Re: exclude certain files and directories when importing for the first time

On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 10:11:15AM -0200, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm just adding a project for the first time to a repository
> (importing) and I don't want certain files and subdirs to be
> included. I thought on using the svn:exclude property but it can
> only be set on working copies and I don't have a working copy yet
> in this stage. What should I do ?

You could temporarily move the certain files somewhere else,
do the import, and then move the files back.

Another option would be to create a .svnignore file.
I cannot find where this is documented in the book,
but it should behave the same as .cvsignore.

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