In Git, if I have a project with lots of projects inside, let's suppose, a lot of Java projects, I can just create a .gitignore file in the root and it will "be respected" in the entire repository.
How can I do this for an SVN project?
For example, how can I make an "svn ignore" setup (via cmd line) for a .gitignore like the following?
*.class
*.jar
*.war
*.ear
target/
.classpath
.settings/
.project
.metadata
bin/
The most important part of the question: How can I make it work to new folders inside the root? Example:
I ran svn propset svn:ignore "*.class" . -R in my root and commit. Ok:
root
- folder1/
-- *.class (ignored)
-- other files (ok)
- folder2/
-- *.class (ignored)
-- other files (ok)
Now, I create folder 3. The previous svn:ignore settings will not apply, right? Is there a way to make it so?
Answer
You can use svn:ignore. You generally need to tell SVN to apply special properties to the files:
svn propset svn:ignore "*.jpg" .
(Note the dot at the end of the command.)
For multiple files you can add a newline character.
Type exactly like here with line breaks:
svn propset svn:ignore "file1
file2
file3" dir1
Check that the files are ignored:
svn status --no-ignore
Then commit the code.
And yes, many duplicate questions are already available.
You can refer my favorite svn cheatguide.
You can create a file, svn-ignore.txt, with your ignored files and directories:
*.class
*.jar
*.war
*.ear
target/
.classpath
.settings/
.project
.metadata
bin/
Now try the following:
svn propset svn:ignore -RF /root/svn-ignore.txt . [dot for current dir]
-R is for recursive.