PJ Hile

There are many reasons that you might want to disregard a directory in your Subversion repository. My particular reason happens to be the various cache directories that are used with CakePHP. I have setup 3 areas (dev, stage, live) for my website and update them from a Subversion repository, so I don’t need/want any of the cached files from one server going to the next. My development area is on my local box where I use Windows/TortioseSVN. To add a directory not already in the repo to the ignore list with TortioseSVN:

Right click on folder -> TortioseSVN -> Add to ignore list

To add a directory already in the repo, I believe it is something like:

Right click on folder -> TortioseSVN -> Properties -> Add... -> Property name: svn:ignore -> Property value: * -> Check 'Apply property recursively'

My staging and live areas are on a Linux box, and those directories can be handled with:

svn propset svn:ignore '*' Directory