SVN: Ignore some directories recursively

Question

I don\'t want any directory named build or dist to go into my SVN no matter how deep in the tree it is.

Is this possible? In git I just put

Answer 1

Create a file and add your ignores into it

ingore-list:

file1 
directory1
file2
etc...

then apply the following command

for n in directory; do svn propset svn:ignore -F ignore-list $n; done

directory is name of your directory, you can sub categorize as well directory/sub-directory. Or use * to note current directory you are under.

This is assuming you are using bash as your shell

Answer 2

add to your ~/.subversion/config or /etc/subversion/config file:

[miscellany]
global-ignores = build dist

Answer 3

In subversion 1.8 over, it is possible to set global-ignores for current repository.

svn propset svn:global-ignores build .
svn propset svn:global-ignores dist .

Also you can create a folder named .svnignore, and write conditions.

build
dist

remember one condition per line, setting build/* or dist/debug is in vain. Then do the command:

svn propset svn:global-ignores -F .svnignore .

Answer 4

svn propset --recursive svn:ignore svn_ignore_rules .

where svn_ignore_rules is a file containing the ignore rules -- one per line

Of course you have to re-run it every time you add a new directory to your repo

svn_ignore_rules can also be considered to be checked into the repo, to be re-useable by other users having write access to the repo

Answer 5

One way would be to add some kind of check to either the pre- or post- commit hook but it's note straight forward if you don't own the repo server.

Answer 6

cd parent_dir #the directory containing folder to be ignored recursively
svn propedit svn:ignore . #will open up svn-prop.tmp
enlist folder(s)
^X
Y
commit -m 'ignore targeted direcoty'