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

One more thing... If you already ignored those files through Eclipse (with Team -> Ignored resources) you have to undo these settings so the files are controlled by Subclipse again and "Add to svn:ignore" option reappears

Answer 2

It seems Subclipse only allows you to add a top-level folder to ignore list and not any sub folders under it. Not sure why it works this way. However, I found out by trial and error that if you directly add a sub-folder to version control, then it will allow you to add another folder at the same level to the ignore list.

For example, refer fig above, when I wanted to ignore the webapp folder without adding src, subclipse was not allowing me to do so. But when I added the java folder to version control, the "add to svn:ignore..." was enabled for webapp.

Answer 3

I just figured out how to do this:

It appears that when you add a parent folder to version control, Eclipse adds all sub-folders. Once the sub-folders are added to version control, it is not possible to ignore them.

Here's how to do it:

Right click on the top level folder and add to version control Right click on the child folder you want to ignore, revert Right click on the child folder you want to ignore, svn:ignore (which will now be available)

Answer 4

to ignore certain files or turn off ignoring you can use the eclipse preferences-->Team -->Ignored Resource. Check or uncheck the resources you want to be tracked.

Answer 5

You can't svn:ignore a file that is already commited to repository.

So you must:

1. Delete the file from the repository.
2. Update your project (the working copy) to the head revision.
3. Recreate the file in Eclipse.
4. Set svn:ignore on the file via Team->Add to svn:ignore.
5. Restart eclipse to reflect changes.

Good luck!

Answer 6

This is quite frustrating, but it's a containment issue (the .svn folders keep track also of ignored files). Any item that needs to be ignored is to be added to the ignore list of the immediate parent folder.

So, I had a new sub-folder with a new file in it and wanted to ignore that file but I couldn't do it because the option was grayed out. I solved it by committing the new folder first, which I wanted to (it was a cache folder), and then adding that file to the ignore list (of the newly added folder ;-), having the chance to add a pattern instead of a single file.