To add a file to the ignore list, you can update your %USERPROFILE%\local data\.subversion\config
file. (I'm not 100% sure where it's located, but it should be under the .subversion
directory somewhere under your %USERPROFILE% directory. Unix and Macs, it would be under $HOME/.subversion/config
.
In that file, there's a global-ignores=
parameter. You can remove the #
in the front of it (if it's not already removed), and add .ssc
to it. It's around like #90 in my version of this file.
Now, you'll have to figure out a way to delete all of these .scc
files. All you have to do is this:
$ find . -name `*.scc -exec svn del {} \;`
Wait, you're using Windows. That's harder. I don't have a Windows machine in front of me, but I know you can find all of thes *.scc
files by doing this:
C:> dir *.scc /s/b
You might be able to pipe this into a for
loop of some sort, and pass it to a svn del
statement. Even if I had a Windows machine, it can take me a while to work out the syntax. Since I don't have a Windows machine in front of me, it's even more difficult.
Easiest way would be to redirect the output to a file, and then edit the file using a good program editor (by which I mean not notepad.exe
):
C:> dir *.scc /s/b > delete_me.bat
C:> notpadplusplus delete_me.bat
Now, you can use Notepad++ to edit your file and quickly prefix each line with a svn del
. Run this delete_me.bat
file, and it will remove all of your *.scc
files. (I personally prefer Vim, but then I'm a masochist).
The big question is how to prevent adding these files back. Ignores set up as I showed you are client specific. You could setup a svn:ignore
property in each directory. This is a more global version that affects everyone, but it still won't prevent someone from adding them because the files will still show up in Windows Explorer.
I have a pre-commit hook that can be setup, so no one will ever be able to add in these .scc
files again. You could also set it up not to include the other types of files that VisualStudio puts in too.