In Git, if I have a project with lots of projects inside, let's suppose, a lot of Java projects, I can just create a .gitignore
file in the root and it will "be respected" in the entire repository.
How can I do this for an SVN project?
For example, how can I make an "svn ignore" setup (via cmd line) for a .gitignore
like the following?
*.class
*.jar
*.war
*.ear
target/
.classpath
.settings/
.project
.metadata
bin/
The most important part of the question: How can I make it work to new folders inside the root? Example:
I ran svn propset svn:ignore "*.class" . -R
in my root and commit. Ok:
root
- folder1/
-- *.class (ignored)
-- other files (ok)
- folder2/
-- *.class (ignored)
-- other files (ok)
Now, I create folder 3. The previous svn:ignore
settings will not apply, right? Is there a way to make it so?
You can use svn:ignore
. You generally need to tell SVN to apply special properties to the files:
svn propset svn:ignore "*.jpg" .
(Note the dot at the end of the command.)
For multiple files you can add a newline character.
Type exactly like here with line breaks:
svn propset svn:ignore "file1
file2
file3" dir1
Check that the files are ignored:
svn status --no-ignore
Then commit the code.
And yes, many duplicate questions are already available.
You can refer my favorite svn cheatguide.
You can create a file, svn-ignore.txt
, with your ignored files and directories:
*.class
*.jar
*.war
*.ear
target/
.classpath
.settings/
.project
.metadata
bin/
Now try the following:
svn propset svn:ignore -RF /root/svn-ignore.txt . [dot for current dir]
-R
is for recursive.
I solved this problem a slightly different way. This will only work if you're using a Bash shell and have Perl installed, but that's pretty much every Mac and Linux machine.
Add the following to your .bashrc
and .bash_profile
files:
alias _ss="svn status | egrep -v '`cat .svnignore|perl -p -e 's/\n/|/'`'"
Don't forget to either restart your terminal or do:
source ~/.bashrc
(or .bash_profile if that's what you used)
Now create a file called .svnignore, and put it in the directory where your repository is checked out.
files/to/ignore
another/file
tmp
node_modules
Now when you run
_ss
in the root directory of your working copy, it will read the .svnignore file and ignore anything in it.
I version the .svnignore file the same way I would version a .gitignore file.
NOTE: This only affects the svn status command, and it won't prevent you from adding/committing ignored files.