Ignoring .svn directories with Wix Heat?

Question

I'm using the Heat tool to generate Wix markup to include a large number of files and folders in my setup. This was working fine, but I just realized that since I added the source folder to my Subversion repository, Heat wants to include the .svn folders too.

Is there a way to tell Heat not to harvest files or folders that match a given criteria?

I am currently using Wix 3.5.

Answer 1

Unfortunately, today you'd have to use an XSL transform to filter out the "noise". This is a feature request for heat.

Answer 2

Here is what works for me:

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
    xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
    xmlns:wix="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">

    <!-- Copy all attributes and elements to the output. -->
    <xsl:template match="@*|*">
        <xsl:copy>
            <xsl:apply-templates select="@*" />
            <xsl:apply-templates select="*" />
        </xsl:copy>
    </xsl:template>

    <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes" />

    <!-- Create searches for the directories to remove. -->
    <xsl:key name="svn-search" match="wix:Directory[@Name = '.svn']" use="@Id" />
    <xsl:key name="tmp-search" match="wix:Directory[@Name = 'tmp']" use="@Id" />
    <xsl:key name="prop-base-search" match="wix:Directory[@Name = 'prop-base']" use="@Id" />
    <xsl:key name="text-base-search" match="wix:Directory[@Name = 'text-base']" use="@Id" />
    <xsl:key name="props-search" match="wix:Directory[@Name = 'props']" use="@Id" />

    <!-- Remove directories. -->
    <xsl:template match="wix:Directory[@Name='.svn']" />
    <xsl:template match="wix:Directory[@Name='props']" />
    <xsl:template match="wix:Directory[@Name='tmp']" />
    <xsl:template match="wix:Directory[@Name='prop-base']" />
    <xsl:template match="wix:Directory[@Name='text-base']" />

    <!-- Remove Components referencing those directories. -->
    <xsl:template match="wix:Component[key('svn-search', @Directory)]" />
    <xsl:template match="wix:Component[key('props-search', @Directory)]" />
    <xsl:template match="wix:Component[key('tmp-search', @Directory)]" />
    <xsl:template match="wix:Component[key('prop-base-search', @Directory)]" />
    <xsl:template match="wix:Component[key('text-base-search', @Directory)]" />

    <!-- Remove DirectoryRefs (and their parent Fragments) referencing those directories. -->
    <xsl:template match="wix:Fragment[wix:DirectoryRef[key('svn-search', @Id)]]" />
    <xsl:template match="wix:Fragment[wix:DirectoryRef[key('props-search', @Id)]]" />
    <xsl:template match="wix:Fragment[wix:DirectoryRef[key('tmp-search', @Id)]]" />
    <xsl:template match="wix:Fragment[wix:DirectoryRef[key('prop-base-search', @Id)]]" />
    <xsl:template match="wix:Fragment[wix:DirectoryRef[key('text-base-search', @Id)]]" />
</xsl:stylesheet>

Answer 3

Subversion 1.7 has been released, and has centralized the metadata storage as a single .svn folder per working copy. Therefore, I suspect your problem will go away if you simply upgrade your SVN client.