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Re: [PLUG] subversion question
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I've had the same problem and pretty sure this also works (caveat:
it's been a while since this happened) .
Delete the file(s) from the repo. Add the ignore property. Re-add the files.
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Eric <eric@lucii.org> wrote:
> BZZZZT! Previous email sent before it was complete...
>
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>
> I have a question about using subversion:
>
> I have a tree of source code - but several files and perhaps one
> specific subdirectory are to be left out of subversion. In my case it's
> the config.php file which is different between my development and
> production code. I may even want to leave out ALL the files in the
> configuration directory and manually maintain any changes there.
>
> All the tutorials and instructions I see tell me to use:
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> svn import project_dir file:///home/svn/project
>
> ..but this brings ALL the files in the tree "project_dir" into the project.
>
> NEVERMIND: In the course of researching the question I found this (AKA: The answer):
>
> Subversion's support for ignorable file patterns extends
> only to the one-time process of adding unversioned
> files and directories to version control. Once an object is
> under Subversion's control, the ignore pattern mechanisms no
> longer apply to it. In other words, don't expect Subversion
> to avoid committing changes you've made to a versioned file
> simply because that file's name matches an ignore
> pattern—Subversion /always/ notices
> all of its versioned objects.
>
>
> Eric
>
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