Subclipse svn:ignore

Question

I'm new to Eclipse. I'm using subclipse for connecting to my SVN. There are some folders and files I would like to add to svn:ignore, but it's grayed out. Is there an easy way to get subclipse to ignore files and directories?

Answer 1

Working with Subclipse on Eclipse Indigo Service Release 2

I had commited folders with temporary files and logs lying under /src to the SVN repository. And after realizing it, I found myself in the same situation with a grayed out "svn:ignore"

I found following solution:

1. I deleted the folder from my Project Source

2. Team -> Commit... withouth the folder

3. Recreated the folder back into the project tree

Now I was able to use "Team -> Add to svn:ignore..."

Answer 2

What worked for me was following : (eclipse 3.3.6 Subclipse 2.4)

• set svn:ignore property via tortoise : ( .settings .classpath .project target .apt_src one item at one line)
• deleted the project from the eclipse
• fresh checkout from the svn
• import the project in eclipse (simple reimporting the project in eclipse did not worked for me)

Answer 3

I was able to do this using TortoiseSVN directly from Windows explorer:

Right click on file to ignore->TortiseSVN->Delete and add to ignore list

I had to close then re-open the project in Eclipse, job done :)

Answer 4

This is just a WAG as I am not a Subclipse user, but have you ensured that the folders containing what you're trying to ignore have themselves been added to SVN? You can't svn:ignore something inside a folder that's not under version control.

Answer 5

In case you're using TortoiseSVN and the file is already commited, go to your files project folder, right click on the file/folder you want to ignore, TortoiseSVN -> Unversion and add to ignore list. Then you delete the folder/file (click on it and then push DELETE on your keyboard), right click on your project folder, -> SVN Commit... This will delete the folder from the repository.... Now you can create your folder/file again and then it will be ignored.

Answer 6

If you are trying to share a project in SVN with Eclipse for the first time, you might want to avoid certain files to be commited. In order to do so, go to Preferences->Team->Ignored Resources. In this screen you just need to add a pattern to ignore the kind of files you don't want to commit.