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I am using Tortoise SVN 1.6.16 in Windows 7. If I have a certain file type I want to exclude from future commits, I thought I could just go find a file of that type within my working folder, then right click it, and select "TortoiseSVN->Delete and Add to Ignore List->*.ext" where ext is the file extension of the file I clicked, as shown in the image below.
However, when I do this, it only excludes that specific file, and the next time I commit, all other files of that type still come up in the list to commit.
Am I doing something wrong? How can I just tell Tortoise or SVN to ignore all files of a certain type from future commits?
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Create that folder, then right click on it and select TortoiseSVN → Checkout.... Then enter the URL to checkout, in this case file:///c:/svn_repos/trunk/Widget1 and click on OK. Our development folder is then populated with files from the repository.
The text box “Global ignore pattern” defines what patterns you want to exclude; in my case I wanted to remove bin and obj folders, and ReSharper related files, which typically contain _ReSharper, so I added bin obj _ReSharper to the list of patterns. Et voila!
This is a fast and easy way to remove all generated files in your working copy. All files and folders that are not versioned are moved to the trash bin. Note: you can also do the same from the TortoiseSVN → Revert dialog. There you also get a list of all the unversioned files and folders to select for removal.
Go to the repository browser (<right click>/TortoiseSVN/Repo-browser/<enter URL>). Open right click menu on branch B, select 'Mark for comparison'. Then open right click menu on branch A, select 'Compare URLs' or 'Show differences as unified diff'.
I had the same hunch as @Stefan: that you were probably seeing files in subdirectories and thinking those should have also been ignored even though you only applied the ignore to a single folder.
So if that is in fact the case, here is the recipe:
When you want to ignore files or patterns from a single directory:
Use the convenience menu command to add to the ignore list.
When you want to ignore files or patterns from a subtree:
Open the subversion properties (TortoiseSVN >> Properties) of the root of the subtree. Add or edit an entry for the svn:ignore keyword. The illustration shows an example where I have specified to ignore an obj subfolder as well as all files with a .user or .bak extension.
The secret, though, is in the specification--when you define the patterns to ignore, select the recursive choice as indicated here:
Unfortunately, there is one catch to this method: In my example, I had previously specified to ignore obj and *.user and I was adding just the *.bak pattern. When I apply recursively, it does not apply just the change (*.bak) but everything in the svn:ignore keyword (obj, *.user, and *.bak) to all subfolders. That may or may not be what you want, so be aware of it.
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It ignores all bat files right, but not recursively! It only ignores them in the folder you added it to the ignore list.
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You could also use Tortoise's global ignore pattern (if it's applicable to all your working copies):
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