How do I ignore a directory with SVN?

Question

I just started using SVN, and I have a cache directory that I don\'t need under source control. How can I ignore the whole directory/folder with SVN?

I am using Vers

Answer 1

Thanks for all the contributions above. I would just like to share some additional information from my experiences while ignoring files.

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When the folders are already under revision control

After svn import and svn co the files, what we usually do for the first time.

All runtime cache, attachments folders will be under version control. so, before svn ps svn:ignore, we need to delete it from the repository.

With SVN version 1.5 above we can use svn del --keep-local your_folder, but for an earlier version, my solution is:

1. svn export a clean copy of your folders (without .svn hidden folder)
2. svn del the local and repository,
3. svn ci
4. Copy back the folders
5. Do svn st and confirm the folders are flagged as '?'
6. Now we can do svn ps according to the solutions

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When we need more than one folder to be ignored

• In one directory I have two folders that need to be set as svn:ignore
• If we set one, the other will be removed.
• Then we wonder we need svn pe

svn pe will need to edit the text file, and you can use this command if required to set your text editor using vi:

export SVN_EDITOR=vi

1. With "o" you can open a new line
2. Type in all the folder names you want to ignore
3. Hit 'esc' key to escape from edit mode
4. Type ":wq" then hit Enter to save and quit

The file looks something simply like this:

runtime
cache
attachments
assets