If I svn:ignore a really big folder will it improve performance during SVN updates?
I have this really massive (>600MB) folder in my project. The files in this folder should not be changing at all. The problem is that every time I call "svn update" it takes forever. Is there a way to ignore this folder during updates to speed up the update process?
The svn:ignore
is only for files that are not already in the Subversion repository. This folder already is.
You can use the svn update --set-depth exclude
folderName
to remove this folder from your working directory:
$ svn update --set-depth exclude bigFolder #Removes "bigFolder" from workdir
D bigFolder
$
Next time you do an update, bigFolder won't show up in your working directory. If you want it back, you'll have to reset the depth:
$ svn update --set-depth infinity
U bigFolder
U bigFolder/File1
U bigFolder/File2
...