Re: problems with propset svn:ignore

On Sep 8, 2011, at 11:41, Randy Paries wrote:

> i though i understood but does not seem to be working as i expected
>
> my current dir structure is
> /
> /inc
> /userdirs/a/aa
> /userdirs/b/ba
> /userdirs/a hole bunch of recursive dirs
> /bunchofotherdirs
>
> so when i do a svn up i want to ignore or not update
> userdirs and below
> inc/settings.php
>
> i have created a file in / called svnIgnoreFiles.me
> i then did
>
> [root_at_moosejaw html]# svn propset svn:ignore -F svnIgnoreFiles.me .
> property 'svn:ignore' set on '.'
>
> i delete userdirs/*
>
> but when i do a svn up it still brings down from svn all the userdirs
>
> what part am i missing??

svn:ignore is for ignoring unversioned files that you do not want to commit to a repository.

If the files are already committed to the repository, then svn:ignore is not applicable.
Received on 2011-09-09 05:47:50 CEST