You can test your svn:ignore
before you commit your change with the svn:ignore
property. Create files and/or directories to be ignored. Don't do a svn add
. Just add the files to your working directory.
Then, do a svn ignore
. Those files added to your working directory should not show up. (REMEMBER: Don't do svn add
for these files!). After that, you can do a svn status --no-ignore
and the files being ignored should show up with a status of I
.
I find it easier to set your VISUAL
environment variable, and then use svn pe svn:ignore
since each ignored file specification should be on its own line.
Remember, if a file is already in your repository, it cannot be ignored.