Prevent all files of a directory from being uploaded to svn repository

Question

I have just installed AnkhSVN plugin in Visual Studio 2012 and have created a free repository on assembla.

I'd add a project to my subversion repository successfully.
But I want a few directories not to upload to repository like my Elmah log (that is in xml) and directories where I store data.

I tried adding a subversion property (right click -> subversion -> subversion properties then add) with following details

Property Name: svn:ignore  
Pattern: *

But all new files or changed files inside these folders are being updated to repository on committing.

Please help me how can prevent all files of a directory from being uploaded to svn repository completely..??

Answer 1

If the files are already under version control, adding a svn:ignore on it will not help. See this FAQ about the subject.

If you wanted to ignore all files in a directory, in the parent directory add a svn:ignore for the name of the child directory. If it is for a specific file, or pattern, add the svn:ignore for that file by name, or use globs (like *.log for all .log files).

For the ones that are now under version control you want to remove from being committed, you will need to remove them from Subversion, and then add the svn:ignore property.