Equivalent of ".gitignore" file with Subversion

Question

I am being forced to work with Subversion on a current project.

Someone has unkindly added the bin and obj folders to the repository.

Other than removing them, and committing the removal, is there an equivalent of .gitignore file I can add to the repository to make the guilty party in the development team never add them again?

I know I can alter my own global ignore pattern, but ideally I'd like the whole development team to be able to share this on a project level.

lolxxx... `I am being forced to work with Subversion on a current project`. same here even in 2018 — Lal, Feb 02 '18 at 11:14

score 31 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 02 '12 at 12:20

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This is done by a svn:ignore property in SVN. This property can be added to a folder. Let us imagine the following:

 +-- root
       +-- bin
       +-- ...

to ignore the bin folder you have to set the svn:ignore property onto the root folder. First change into the root folder and do the following on command line:

svn propset svn:ignore "bin" .

Or you can do this via TortoiseSVN on Windows (file->properties->Subversion Tab).. Further reading in the Subversion book.

answered Jul 02 '12 at 12:20

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Maybe most won't be as unobservant as me, but if it's failing with an error like "explicit target required" you're probably missing the `.` at the end of the command like I did... – Harvey Adcock Aug 11 '16 at 19:01

score 15 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 31 '13 at 03:52

I have just started with Android Studio and I ended up editing the svn:ignore property in the GUI. I used the Edit Properties in the Subversion menu and added a whole bunch of ignores which were mentioned in other posts.

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Below is what I ignored and Android Studio marked these visually with different colour after I edited the property.

# built application files
*.apk
*.ap_

# files for the dex VM
*.dex

# Java class files
*.class

# generated files
bin
gen
gradle

# Local configuration file (sdk path, etc)
local.properties

# Eclipse project files
.classpath
.project

# Android Studio
.idea
.gradle
local.properties
out
build
production
*.iml
*.iws
*.ipr
*~
*.swp

score 6 · Answer 3 · edited Nov 30 '16 at 23:09

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Use:

svn propset svn:ignore 'file you want to ignore'

See Properties.

Also check out the global-ignores configuration option.

edited Nov 30 '16 at 23:09

Peter Mortensen

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answered Jul 02 '12 at 12:19

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score 5 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 07 '15 at 19:04

If you are working with TortoiseSVN, this can be accomplished by:

Right click bin directory -> TortoiseSVN -> add to ignore list -> bin

When you commit, your root or trunk directory will be highlighted. You can also ignore multiple files at the same time by selecting them then

Right click -> TortoiseSVN -> add to ignore list -> ignore X items by name.

score 1 · Answer 5 · edited Nov 30 '16 at 23:11

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I prefer to hide status items instead of use svn:ignore. To do it I've created a .svnignore file with patterns that I want to ignore and this alias:

alias svn-status='svn st * 2>&1 | grep -v "$(cat .svnignore)"'

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answered Apr 13 '15 at 16:25

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Linux/Bash I presume? – Peter Mortensen Nov 30 '16 at 23:11
How does this prevent adding e.g. a folder named `bin`? – Peter Mortensen Nov 30 '16 at 23:13

Equivalent of ".gitignore" file with Subversion

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