On the SVN server, there is a file called config.conf. I have a local version called the same thing (in the same place). How can I make sure that my loc
TortoiseSVN has a nice answer for half of this problem: ignore-on-commit
This prevents you from accidentally committing "local only" changes, but it doesn't solve the problem on accidentally updating a locally changed file.
Check out this blog post for the detailed how to:
http://blog.baljeetsingh.net/2009/02/tips-tricks-svn-ignore-on-commit.html