When I add a something to the svn:ignore entry, is that stored in the repository or in my local copy?
(In Tortoise, why items addet to svn:ignore appear on my changelist?)
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Since you are using TortoiseSVN and always want to ignore it locally only, right click on the file from your commit dialog and "Move to Changelist -> ignore-on-commit". This is just a changelist that Tortoise maintains for exactly the purpose you describe. You could also just add the item to another changelist and choose to never commit it.
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It is stored in the repository along with all the other properties. This also explains why they're in the changelist: because you're changing it.
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DanC
Can I ignore it locally? I don't want to add it to the repository, but also I don't want to keep someone else from adding it.
Daniel Egeberg
Your can find TortoiseSVN's
config file (I believe you can access it through it's preferences window) and add it to global-ignores. Besides that, you can't just do it locally.What you're looking for is the Global ignore pattern setting. This will only affect your working copies. I use this to ignore Emacs temporary files, since not everyone uses Emacs.
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Ignoring an item consists on setting the svn:ignore property on the parent folder with the name (or wildcard) of the item. Look at the "Properties" context menu entry of the folder and you'll find it there. As everything else, this changes are local until you commit them. In this case, you commit changes to the parent folder. You can also revert them if you haven't committed them yet.
It's important to note that this doesn't remove the item from neither the repository nor the working copy. If the item was already under version control, it'll remain there until you delete it.
The changelist feature, on the contrary, it's entirely local. However, you need to add the item to version control in order to move it to a changelist; changelists cannot handle unversioned items.
You can instruct TortoiseSVN to automatically ignore certain files patterns. Open the "Settings" dialogue, find the "General" section and edit the "Global ignore pattern" input box. However, this settings apply to all repositories. If you want to ignore specific files, it's probably better to add them and move them to the ignore-on-commit changelist.
