How do I ignore files in Subversion

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How do I ignore files in Subversion   Also  how do I find files which are not under version control

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Use the following command to create a list not under version control files.

svn status | grep "^\?" | awk "{print \$2}" > ignoring.txt

Then edit the file to leave just the files you want actually to ignore. Then use this one to ignore the files listed in the file:

svn propset svn:ignore -F ignoring.txt .

Note the dot at the end of the line. It tells SVN that the property is being set on the current directory.

Delete the file:

rm ignoring.txt

Finally commit,

svn ci --message "ignoring some files"

You can then check which files are ignored via:

svn proplist -v

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You can also set a global ignore pattern in SVN s configuration file

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I found the article   svnignore Example for Java   Example   svnignore for Ruby on Rails    log   public   JPEG  public   jpeg  public   png  public   gif         And after that   svn propset svn ignore -F  svnignore     Examples for  gitignore  You can use for your  svnignore  https   github com github gitignore

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Also  if you use Tortoise SVN you can do this    In context menu select  TortoiseSVN   then  Properties  In appeared window click  New   then  Advanced  In appeared window opposite to  Property name  select or type  svn ignore   opposite to  Property value  type desired file name or folder name or file mask  in my case it was    target    click  Apply property recursively  Ok  Ok  Commit

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This answer has been updated to match SVN 1 8 and 1 9 s behaviour   You have 2 questions   Marking files as ignored   By  ignored file  I mean the file won t appear in lists even as  unversioned   your SVN client will pretend the file doesn t exist at all in the filesystem   Ignored files are specified by a  file pattern   The syntax and format of file patterns is explained in SVN s online documentation  http   svnbook red-bean com nightly en svn advanced props special ignore html  File Patterns in Subversion    Subversion  as of version 1 8  June 2013  and later  supports 3 different ways of specifying file patterns  Here s a summary with examples   1 - Runtime Configuration Area - global-ignores option    This is a client-side only setting  so your global-ignores list won t be shared by other users  and it applies to all repos you checkout onto your computer  This setting is defined in your Runtime Configuration Area file    Windows  file-based  - C  Users  you  AppData Roaming Subversion config Windows  registry-based  - Software Tigris org Subversion Config Miscellany global-ignores in both HKLM and HKCU  Linux Unix -    subversion config    2 - The svn ignore property  which is set on directories  not files     This is stored within the repo  so other users will have the same ignore files  Similar to how  gitignore works  svn ignore is applied to directories and is non-recursive or inherited  Any file or immediate subdirectory of the parent directory that matches the File Pattern will be excluded  While SVN 1 8 adds the concept of  inherited properties   the svn ignore property itself is ignored in non-immediate descendant directories   cd   myRepoRoot                               Open an existing repo  echo  foo   gt   ignoreThis txt                   Create a file called  ignoreThis txt    svn status                                    Check to see if the file is ignored or not   gt         ignoreThis txt  gt  1 unversioned file                             it is NOT currently ignored   svn propset svn ignore  ignoreThis txt        Apply the svn ignore property to the  myRepoRoot  directory  svn status  gt  0 unversioned files                            but now the file is ignored   cd subdirectory                               now open a subdirectory  echo  foo   gt   ignoreThis txt                   create another file named  ignoreThis txt    svn status  gt         subdirectory ignoreThis txt             and is is NOT ignored   gt  1 unversioned file    So the file   subdirectory ignoreThis is not ignored  even though  ignoreThis txt  is applied on the   repo root   Therefore  to apply an ignore list recursively you must use svn propset svn ignore  lt filePattern gt    --recursive    This will create a copy of the property on every subdirectory  If the  lt filePattern gt  value is different in a child directory then the child s value completely overrides the parents  so there is no  additive  effect  So if you change the  lt filePattern gt  on the root    then you must change it with --recursive to overwrite it on the child and descendant directories   I note that the command-line syntax is counter-intuitive    I started-off assuming that you would ignore a file in SVN by typing something like svn ignore pathToFileToIgnore txt however this is not how SVN s ignore feature works     3- The svn global-ignores property  Requires SVN 1 8  June 2013     This is similar to svn ignore  except it makes use of SVN 1 8 s  inherited properties  feature  Compare to svn ignore  the file pattern is automatically applied in every descendant directory  not just immediate children     This means that is unnecessary to set svn global-ignores with the --recursive flag  as inherited ignore file patterns are automatically applied as they re inherited   Running the same set of commands as in the previous example  but using svn global-ignores instead   cd   myRepoRoot                                      Open an existing repo echo  foo   gt   ignoreThis txt                          Create a file called  ignoreThis txt  svn status                                           Check to see if the file is ignored or not  gt         ignoreThis txt  gt  1 unversioned file                                    it is NOT currently ignored  svn propset svn global-ignores  ignoreThis txt    svn status  gt  0 unversioned files                                   but now the file is ignored   cd subdirectory                                      now open a subdirectory echo  foo   gt   ignoreThis txt                          create another file named  ignoreThis txt  svn status  gt  0 unversioned files                                the file is ignored here too     For TortoiseSVN users   This whole arrangement was confusing for me  because TortoiseSVN s terminology  as used in their Windows Explorer menu system  was initially misleading to me - I was unsure what the significance of the Ignore menu s  Add  recursively    Add    and  Add   options  I hope this post explains how the Ignore feature ties-in to the SVN Properties feature  That said  I suggest using the command-line to set ignored files so you get a feel for how it works instead of using the GUI  and only using the GUI to manipulate properties after you re comfortable with the command-line   Listing files that are ignored   The command svn status will hide ignored files  that is  files that match an RGA global-ignores pattern  or match an immediate parent directory s svn ignore pattern or match any ancesor directory s svn global-ignores pattern   Use the --no-ignore option to see those files listed  Ignored files have a status of I  then pipe the output to grep to only show lines starting with  I    The command is   svn status --no-ignore   grep   I    For example   svn status  gt    foo                               An unversioned file  gt  M modifiedFile txt                  A versioned file that has been modified  svn status --no-ignore  gt    foo                               An unversioned file  gt  I ignoreThis txt                    A file matching an svn ignore pattern  gt  M modifiedFile txt                  A versioned file that has been modified  svn status --no-ignore   grep   I   gt  I ignoreThis txt                    A file matching an svn ignore pattern   ta-da

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svn status will tell you which files are not in SVN  as well as what s changed   Look at the SVN properties for the ignore property   For all things SVN  the Red Book is required reading

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If you are using TortoiseSVN  right-click on a file and then select TortoiseSVN   Add to ignore list  This will add the file wildcard to the svn ignore property   svn ignore will be checked when you are checking in files  and matching files will be ignored  I have the following ignore list for a Visual Studio  NET project   bin obj   exe   dll  ReSharper   pdb   suo   You can find this list in the context menu at TortoiseSVN   Properties

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gitignore like approach You can ignore a file or directory like  gitignore  Just create a text file of list of directories files you want to ignore and run the code below  svn propset svn ignore -F ignorelist txt    OR if you don t want to use a text file  you can do it like this  svn propset svn ignore  quot first  second  third quot     Source  Karsten s Blog - Set svn ignore for multiple files from command line

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This answer has been updated to match SVN 1 8 and 1 9 s behaviour   You have 2 questions   Marking files as ignored   By  ignored file  I mean the file won t appear in lists even as  unversioned   your SVN client will pretend the file doesn t exist at all in the filesystem   Ignored files are specified by a  file pattern   The syntax and format of file patterns is explained in SVN s online documentation  http   svnbook red-bean com nightly en svn advanced props special ignore html  File Patterns in Subversion    Subversion  as of version 1 8  June 2013  and later  supports 3 different ways of specifying file patterns  Here s a summary with examples   1 - Runtime Configuration Area - global-ignores option    This is a client-side only setting  so your global-ignores list won t be shared by other users  and it applies to all repos you checkout onto your computer  This setting is defined in your Runtime Configuration Area file    Windows  file-based  - C  Users  you  AppData Roaming Subversion config Windows  registry-based  - Software Tigris org Subversion Config Miscellany global-ignores in both HKLM and HKCU  Linux Unix -    subversion config    2 - The svn ignore property  which is set on directories  not files     This is stored within the repo  so other users will have the same ignore files  Similar to how  gitignore works  svn ignore is applied to directories and is non-recursive or inherited  Any file or immediate subdirectory of the parent directory that matches the File Pattern will be excluded  While SVN 1 8 adds the concept of  inherited properties   the svn ignore property itself is ignored in non-immediate descendant directories   cd   myRepoRoot                               Open an existing repo  echo  foo   gt   ignoreThis txt                   Create a file called  ignoreThis txt    svn status                                    Check to see if the file is ignored or not   gt         ignoreThis txt  gt  1 unversioned file                             it is NOT currently ignored   svn propset svn ignore  ignoreThis txt        Apply the svn ignore property to the  myRepoRoot  directory  svn status  gt  0 unversioned files                            but now the file is ignored   cd subdirectory                               now open a subdirectory  echo  foo   gt   ignoreThis txt                   create another file named  ignoreThis txt    svn status  gt         subdirectory ignoreThis txt             and is is NOT ignored   gt  1 unversioned file    So the file   subdirectory ignoreThis is not ignored  even though  ignoreThis txt  is applied on the   repo root   Therefore  to apply an ignore list recursively you must use svn propset svn ignore  lt filePattern gt    --recursive    This will create a copy of the property on every subdirectory  If the  lt filePattern gt  value is different in a child directory then the child s value completely overrides the parents  so there is no  additive  effect  So if you change the  lt filePattern gt  on the root    then you must change it with --recursive to overwrite it on the child and descendant directories   I note that the command-line syntax is counter-intuitive    I started-off assuming that you would ignore a file in SVN by typing something like svn ignore pathToFileToIgnore txt however this is not how SVN s ignore feature works     3- The svn global-ignores property  Requires SVN 1 8  June 2013     This is similar to svn ignore  except it makes use of SVN 1 8 s  inherited properties  feature  Compare to svn ignore  the file pattern is automatically applied in every descendant directory  not just immediate children     This means that is unnecessary to set svn global-ignores with the --recursive flag  as inherited ignore file patterns are automatically applied as they re inherited   Running the same set of commands as in the previous example  but using svn global-ignores instead   cd   myRepoRoot                                      Open an existing repo echo  foo   gt   ignoreThis txt                          Create a file called  ignoreThis txt  svn status                                           Check to see if the file is ignored or not  gt         ignoreThis txt  gt  1 unversioned file                                    it is NOT currently ignored  svn propset svn global-ignores  ignoreThis txt    svn status  gt  0 unversioned files                                   but now the file is ignored   cd subdirectory                                      now open a subdirectory echo  foo   gt   ignoreThis txt                          create another file named  ignoreThis txt  svn status  gt  0 unversioned files                                the file is ignored here too     For TortoiseSVN users   This whole arrangement was confusing for me  because TortoiseSVN s terminology  as used in their Windows Explorer menu system  was initially misleading to me - I was unsure what the significance of the Ignore menu s  Add  recursively    Add    and  Add   options  I hope this post explains how the Ignore feature ties-in to the SVN Properties feature  That said  I suggest using the command-line to set ignored files so you get a feel for how it works instead of using the GUI  and only using the GUI to manipulate properties after you re comfortable with the command-line   Listing files that are ignored   The command svn status will hide ignored files  that is  files that match an RGA global-ignores pattern  or match an immediate parent directory s svn ignore pattern or match any ancesor directory s svn global-ignores pattern   Use the --no-ignore option to see those files listed  Ignored files have a status of I  then pipe the output to grep to only show lines starting with  I    The command is   svn status --no-ignore   grep   I    For example   svn status  gt    foo                               An unversioned file  gt  M modifiedFile txt                  A versioned file that has been modified  svn status --no-ignore  gt    foo                               An unversioned file  gt  I ignoreThis txt                    A file matching an svn ignore pattern  gt  M modifiedFile txt                  A versioned file that has been modified  svn status --no-ignore   grep   I   gt  I ignoreThis txt                    A file matching an svn ignore pattern   ta-da

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svn status will tell you which files are not in SVN  as well as what s changed   Look at the SVN properties for the ignore property   For all things SVN  the Red Book is required reading

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Use the command svn status on your working copy to show the status of files  files that are not yet under version control  and not ignored  will have a question mark next to them   As for ignoring files you need to edit the svn ignore property  read the chapter Ignoring Unversioned Items in the svnbook at http   svnbook red-bean com en 1 5 svn advanced props special ignore html  The book also describes more about using svn status

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You can also set a global ignore pattern in SVN s configuration file

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If you are using TortoiseSVN  right-click on a file and then select TortoiseSVN   Add to ignore list  This will add the file wildcard to the svn ignore property   svn ignore will be checked when you are checking in files  and matching files will be ignored  I have the following ignore list for a Visual Studio  NET project   bin obj   exe   dll  ReSharper   pdb   suo   You can find this list in the context menu at TortoiseSVN   Properties

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Use the command svn status on your working copy to show the status of files  files that are not yet under version control  and not ignored  will have a question mark next to them   As for ignoring files you need to edit the svn ignore property  read the chapter Ignoring Unversioned Items in the svnbook at http   svnbook red-bean com en 1 5 svn advanced props special ignore html  The book also describes more about using svn status

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Another solution is   svn st   awk       print  2    gt  svnignore txt  amp  amp  svn propget svn ignore  gt  gt  svnignore txt  amp  amp  svn propset svn ignore -F svnignore txt    amp  amp  rm svnignore txt   or line by line  svn st   awk       print  2    gt  svnignore txt  svn propget svn ignore  gt  gt  svnignore txt  svn propset svn ignore -F svnignore txt    rm svnignore txt   What it does    Gets the status files from the svn Saves all files with   to the file  svnignore txt  Gets the already ignored files and appends them to the file  svnignore txt  Tells the svn to ignore the files in  svnignore txt  Removes the file

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gitignore like approach You can ignore a file or directory like  gitignore  Just create a text file of list of directories files you want to ignore and run the code below  svn propset svn ignore -F ignorelist txt    OR if you don t want to use a text file  you can do it like this  svn propset svn ignore  quot first  second  third quot     Source  Karsten s Blog - Set svn ignore for multiple files from command line

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open you use JetBrains Product i e  Pycharm  then click the  commit  button on the top toolbar or use shortcut  ctrl   k  screenshot toolbar on the commit interface  move your unwanted files to another change list as follows  screenshot commit change next time you can only commit default change list

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svn status will tell you which files are not in SVN  as well as what s changed   Look at the SVN properties for the ignore property   For all things SVN  the Red Book is required reading

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Use the command svn status on your working copy to show the status of files  files that are not yet under version control  and not ignored  will have a question mark next to them   As for ignoring files you need to edit the svn ignore property  read the chapter Ignoring Unversioned Items in the svnbook at http   svnbook red-bean com en 1 5 svn advanced props special ignore html  The book also describes more about using svn status

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I found the article   svnignore Example for Java   Example   svnignore for Ruby on Rails    log   public   JPEG  public   jpeg  public   png  public   gif         And after that   svn propset svn ignore -F  svnignore     Examples for  gitignore  You can use for your  svnignore  https   github com github gitignore

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open you use JetBrains Product i e  Pycharm  then click the  commit  button on the top toolbar or use shortcut  ctrl   k  screenshot toolbar on the commit interface  move your unwanted files to another change list as follows  screenshot commit change next time you can only commit default change list

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You can also set a global ignore pattern in SVN s configuration file

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If you are using TortoiseSVN  right-click on a file and then select TortoiseSVN   Add to ignore list  This will add the file wildcard to the svn ignore property   svn ignore will be checked when you are checking in files  and matching files will be ignored  I have the following ignore list for a Visual Studio  NET project   bin obj   exe   dll  ReSharper   pdb   suo   You can find this list in the context menu at TortoiseSVN   Properties

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When using propedit make sure not have any trailing spaces as that will cause the file to be excluded from the ignore list   These are inserted automatically if you ve use tab-autocomplete on linux to create the file to begin with   svn propset svn ignore  file1 file2

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If you are using TortoiseSVN  right-click on a file and then select TortoiseSVN   Add to ignore list  This will add the file wildcard to the svn ignore property   svn ignore will be checked when you are checking in files  and matching files will be ignored  I have the following ignore list for a Visual Studio  NET project   bin obj   exe   dll  ReSharper   pdb   suo   You can find this list in the context menu at TortoiseSVN   Properties

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What worked for me  I am using TortoiseSVN v1 13 1   How do I ignore files in Subversion  1 In File Explorer  right-click on SVN project folder-name 2 Click on  quot SVN Commit    quot  3 A  quot commit quot  window will appear 4 Right-click on the folder file that you want to ignore 5 Click on  quot Add to ignore list quot  6 Select the folder file name you want to ignore  There s a few choices 4 for me   if you choose only the folder file name  it will be added to svn ignore list if you choose the folder file name  with  recursively   it will be added to svn global-ignores  This is what i normally choose  as this change is inherited automatically by all sub-directories    7 Commit the  quot property change quot  to SVN Also  how do I find files which are not under version control  After Step 3 above  click on  quot Show unversioned files quot  as follows

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cd    subversion open config find the line like  global-ignores  set ignore file type like this  global-ignores     o   lo   la   al  libs   so  so  0-9    pyc   pyo 88    rej             swp  DS Store node modules output

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Adding a directory to subversion  and ignoring the directory contents  svn propset svn ignore            or  svn propset svn ignore

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Also  if you use Tortoise SVN you can do this    In context menu select  TortoiseSVN   then  Properties  In appeared window click  New   then  Advanced  In appeared window opposite to  Property name  select or type  svn ignore   opposite to  Property value  type desired file name or folder name or file mask  in my case it was    target    click  Apply property recursively  Ok  Ok  Commit

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What worked for me  I am using TortoiseSVN v1 13 1   How do I ignore files in Subversion  1 In File Explorer  right-click on SVN project folder-name 2 Click on  quot SVN Commit    quot  3 A  quot commit quot  window will appear 4 Right-click on the folder file that you want to ignore 5 Click on  quot Add to ignore list quot  6 Select the folder file name you want to ignore  There s a few choices 4 for me   if you choose only the folder file name  it will be added to svn ignore list if you choose the folder file name  with  recursively   it will be added to svn global-ignores  This is what i normally choose  as this change is inherited automatically by all sub-directories    7 Commit the  quot property change quot  to SVN Also  how do I find files which are not under version control  After Step 3 above  click on  quot Show unversioned files quot  as follows

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When using propedit make sure not have any trailing spaces as that will cause the file to be excluded from the ignore list   These are inserted automatically if you ve use tab-autocomplete on linux to create the file to begin with   svn propset svn ignore  file1 file2

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cd    subversion open config find the line like  global-ignores  set ignore file type like this  global-ignores     o   lo   la   al  libs   so  so  0-9    pyc   pyo 88    rej             swp  DS Store node modules output

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Another solution is   svn st   awk       print  2    gt  svnignore txt  amp  amp  svn propget svn ignore  gt  gt  svnignore txt  amp  amp  svn propset svn ignore -F svnignore txt    amp  amp  rm svnignore txt   or line by line  svn st   awk       print  2    gt  svnignore txt  svn propget svn ignore  gt  gt  svnignore txt  svn propset svn ignore -F svnignore txt    rm svnignore txt   What it does    Gets the status files from the svn Saves all files with   to the file  svnignore txt  Gets the already ignored files and appends them to the file  svnignore txt  Tells the svn to ignore the files in  svnignore txt  Removes the file

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As nobody seems to have mentioned it     svn propedit svn ignore     Then edit the contents of the file to specify the patterns to ignore  exit the editor and you re all done

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Adding a directory to subversion  and ignoring the directory contents  svn propset svn ignore            or  svn propset svn ignore

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Use the command svn status on your working copy to show the status of files  files that are not yet under version control  and not ignored  will have a question mark next to them   As for ignoring files you need to edit the svn ignore property  read the chapter Ignoring Unversioned Items in the svnbook at http   svnbook red-bean com en 1 5 svn advanced props special ignore html  The book also describes more about using svn status

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SVN ignore is easy to manage in TortoiseSVN  Open TortoiseSVN and right-click on file menu then select Add to ignore list   This will add the files in the svn ignore property  When we checking in the files then those file which is matched with svn ignore that will be ignored and will not commit   In Visual Studio project we have added following files to ignore   bin obj   exe   dll   pdb   suo   We are managing source code on SVN of Comparetrap using this method successfully

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As nobody seems to have mentioned it     svn propedit svn ignore     Then edit the contents of the file to specify the patterns to ignore  exit the editor and you re all done

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This answer has been updated to match SVN 1 8 and 1 9 s behaviour   You have 2 questions   Marking files as ignored   By  ignored file  I mean the file won t appear in lists even as  unversioned   your SVN client will pretend the file doesn t exist at all in the filesystem   Ignored files are specified by a  file pattern   The syntax and format of file patterns is explained in SVN s online documentation  http   svnbook red-bean com nightly en svn advanced props special ignore html  File Patterns in Subversion    Subversion  as of version 1 8  June 2013  and later  supports 3 different ways of specifying file patterns  Here s a summary with examples   1 - Runtime Configuration Area - global-ignores option    This is a client-side only setting  so your global-ignores list won t be shared by other users  and it applies to all repos you checkout onto your computer  This setting is defined in your Runtime Configuration Area file    Windows  file-based  - C  Users  you  AppData Roaming Subversion config Windows  registry-based  - Software Tigris org Subversion Config Miscellany global-ignores in both HKLM and HKCU  Linux Unix -    subversion config    2 - The svn ignore property  which is set on directories  not files     This is stored within the repo  so other users will have the same ignore files  Similar to how  gitignore works  svn ignore is applied to directories and is non-recursive or inherited  Any file or immediate subdirectory of the parent directory that matches the File Pattern will be excluded  While SVN 1 8 adds the concept of  inherited properties   the svn ignore property itself is ignored in non-immediate descendant directories   cd   myRepoRoot                               Open an existing repo  echo  foo   gt   ignoreThis txt                   Create a file called  ignoreThis txt    svn status                                    Check to see if the file is ignored or not   gt         ignoreThis txt  gt  1 unversioned file                             it is NOT currently ignored   svn propset svn ignore  ignoreThis txt        Apply the svn ignore property to the  myRepoRoot  directory  svn status  gt  0 unversioned files                            but now the file is ignored   cd subdirectory                               now open a subdirectory  echo  foo   gt   ignoreThis txt                   create another file named  ignoreThis txt    svn status  gt         subdirectory ignoreThis txt             and is is NOT ignored   gt  1 unversioned file    So the file   subdirectory ignoreThis is not ignored  even though  ignoreThis txt  is applied on the   repo root   Therefore  to apply an ignore list recursively you must use svn propset svn ignore  lt filePattern gt    --recursive    This will create a copy of the property on every subdirectory  If the  lt filePattern gt  value is different in a child directory then the child s value completely overrides the parents  so there is no  additive  effect  So if you change the  lt filePattern gt  on the root    then you must change it with --recursive to overwrite it on the child and descendant directories   I note that the command-line syntax is counter-intuitive    I started-off assuming that you would ignore a file in SVN by typing something like svn ignore pathToFileToIgnore txt however this is not how SVN s ignore feature works     3- The svn global-ignores property  Requires SVN 1 8  June 2013     This is similar to svn ignore  except it makes use of SVN 1 8 s  inherited properties  feature  Compare to svn ignore  the file pattern is automatically applied in every descendant directory  not just immediate children     This means that is unnecessary to set svn global-ignores with the --recursive flag  as inherited ignore file patterns are automatically applied as they re inherited   Running the same set of commands as in the previous example  but using svn global-ignores instead   cd   myRepoRoot                                      Open an existing repo echo  foo   gt   ignoreThis txt                          Create a file called  ignoreThis txt  svn status                                           Check to see if the file is ignored or not  gt         ignoreThis txt  gt  1 unversioned file                                    it is NOT currently ignored  svn propset svn global-ignores  ignoreThis txt    svn status  gt  0 unversioned files                                   but now the file is ignored   cd subdirectory                                      now open a subdirectory echo  foo   gt   ignoreThis txt                          create another file named  ignoreThis txt  svn status  gt  0 unversioned files                                the file is ignored here too     For TortoiseSVN users   This whole arrangement was confusing for me  because TortoiseSVN s terminology  as used in their Windows Explorer menu system  was initially misleading to me - I was unsure what the significance of the Ignore menu s  Add  recursively    Add    and  Add   options  I hope this post explains how the Ignore feature ties-in to the SVN Properties feature  That said  I suggest using the command-line to set ignored files so you get a feel for how it works instead of using the GUI  and only using the GUI to manipulate properties after you re comfortable with the command-line   Listing files that are ignored   The command svn status will hide ignored files  that is  files that match an RGA global-ignores pattern  or match an immediate parent directory s svn ignore pattern or match any ancesor directory s svn global-ignores pattern   Use the --no-ignore option to see those files listed  Ignored files have a status of I  then pipe the output to grep to only show lines starting with  I    The command is   svn status --no-ignore   grep   I    For example   svn status  gt    foo                               An unversioned file  gt  M modifiedFile txt                  A versioned file that has been modified  svn status --no-ignore  gt    foo                               An unversioned file  gt  I ignoreThis txt                    A file matching an svn ignore pattern  gt  M modifiedFile txt                  A versioned file that has been modified  svn status --no-ignore   grep   I   gt  I ignoreThis txt                    A file matching an svn ignore pattern   ta-da

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A more readable version of bkbilly s answer   svn st   awk       print  2    gt  svnignore txt svn propget svn ignore  gt  gt  svnignore txt svn propset svn ignore -F svnignore txt   rm svnignore txt   What it does    Gets the status files from the svn Saves all files with   to the file  svnignore txt  Gets the already ignored files and appends them to the file  svnignore txt  Tells the svn to ignore the files in  svnignore txt  Removes the file

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svn status will tell you which files are not in SVN  as well as what s changed   Look at the SVN properties for the ignore property   For all things SVN  the Red Book is required reading

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This answer has been updated to match SVN 1 8 and 1 9 s behaviour   You have 2 questions   Marking files as ignored   By  ignored file  I mean the file won t appear in lists even as  unversioned   your SVN client will pretend the file doesn t exist at all in the filesystem   Ignored files are specified by a  file pattern   The syntax and format of file patterns is explained in SVN s online documentation  http   svnbook red-bean com nightly en svn advanced props special ignore html  File Patterns in Subversion    Subversion  as of version 1 8  June 2013  and later  supports 3 different ways of specifying file patterns  Here s a summary with examples   1 - Runtime Configuration Area - global-ignores option    This is a client-side only setting  so your global-ignores list won t be shared by other users  and it applies to all repos you checkout onto your computer  This setting is defined in your Runtime Configuration Area file    Windows  file-based  - C  Users  you  AppData Roaming Subversion config Windows  registry-based  - Software Tigris org Subversion Config Miscellany global-ignores in both HKLM and HKCU  Linux Unix -    subversion config    2 - The svn ignore property  which is set on directories  not files     This is stored within the repo  so other users will have the same ignore files  Similar to how  gitignore works  svn ignore is applied to directories and is non-recursive or inherited  Any file or immediate subdirectory of the parent directory that matches the File Pattern will be excluded  While SVN 1 8 adds the concept of  inherited properties   the svn ignore property itself is ignored in non-immediate descendant directories   cd   myRepoRoot                               Open an existing repo  echo  foo   gt   ignoreThis txt                   Create a file called  ignoreThis txt    svn status                                    Check to see if the file is ignored or not   gt         ignoreThis txt  gt  1 unversioned file                             it is NOT currently ignored   svn propset svn ignore  ignoreThis txt        Apply the svn ignore property to the  myRepoRoot  directory  svn status  gt  0 unversioned files                            but now the file is ignored   cd subdirectory                               now open a subdirectory  echo  foo   gt   ignoreThis txt                   create another file named  ignoreThis txt    svn status  gt         subdirectory ignoreThis txt             and is is NOT ignored   gt  1 unversioned file    So the file   subdirectory ignoreThis is not ignored  even though  ignoreThis txt  is applied on the   repo root   Therefore  to apply an ignore list recursively you must use svn propset svn ignore  lt filePattern gt    --recursive    This will create a copy of the property on every subdirectory  If the  lt filePattern gt  value is different in a child directory then the child s value completely overrides the parents  so there is no  additive  effect  So if you change the  lt filePattern gt  on the root    then you must change it with --recursive to overwrite it on the child and descendant directories   I note that the command-line syntax is counter-intuitive    I started-off assuming that you would ignore a file in SVN by typing something like svn ignore pathToFileToIgnore txt however this is not how SVN s ignore feature works     3- The svn global-ignores property  Requires SVN 1 8  June 2013     This is similar to svn ignore  except it makes use of SVN 1 8 s  inherited properties  feature  Compare to svn ignore  the file pattern is automatically applied in every descendant directory  not just immediate children     This means that is unnecessary to set svn global-ignores with the --recursive flag  as inherited ignore file patterns are automatically applied as they re inherited   Running the same set of commands as in the previous example  but using svn global-ignores instead   cd   myRepoRoot                                      Open an existing repo echo  foo   gt   ignoreThis txt                          Create a file called  ignoreThis txt  svn status                                           Check to see if the file is ignored or not  gt         ignoreThis txt  gt  1 unversioned file                                    it is NOT currently ignored  svn propset svn global-ignores  ignoreThis txt    svn status  gt  0 unversioned files                                   but now the file is ignored   cd subdirectory                                      now open a subdirectory echo  foo   gt   ignoreThis txt                          create another file named  ignoreThis txt  svn status  gt  0 unversioned files                                the file is ignored here too     For TortoiseSVN users   This whole arrangement was confusing for me  because TortoiseSVN s terminology  as used in their Windows Explorer menu system  was initially misleading to me - I was unsure what the significance of the Ignore menu s  Add  recursively    Add    and  Add   options  I hope this post explains how the Ignore feature ties-in to the SVN Properties feature  That said  I suggest using the command-line to set ignored files so you get a feel for how it works instead of using the GUI  and only using the GUI to manipulate properties after you re comfortable with the command-line   Listing files that are ignored   The command svn status will hide ignored files  that is  files that match an RGA global-ignores pattern  or match an immediate parent directory s svn ignore pattern or match any ancesor directory s svn global-ignores pattern   Use the --no-ignore option to see those files listed  Ignored files have a status of I  then pipe the output to grep to only show lines starting with  I    The command is   svn status --no-ignore   grep   I    For example   svn status  gt    foo                               An unversioned file  gt  M modifiedFile txt                  A versioned file that has been modified  svn status --no-ignore  gt    foo                               An unversioned file  gt  I ignoreThis txt                    A file matching an svn ignore pattern  gt  M modifiedFile txt                  A versioned file that has been modified  svn status --no-ignore   grep   I   gt  I ignoreThis txt                    A file matching an svn ignore pattern   ta-da

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A more readable version of bkbilly s answer   svn st   awk       print  2    gt  svnignore txt svn propget svn ignore  gt  gt  svnignore txt svn propset svn ignore -F svnignore txt   rm svnignore txt   What it does    Gets the status files from the svn Saves all files with   to the file  svnignore txt  Gets the already ignored files and appends them to the file  svnignore txt  Tells the svn to ignore the files in  svnignore txt  Removes the file

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You can also set a global ignore pattern in SVN s configuration file

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SVN ignore is easy to manage in TortoiseSVN  Open TortoiseSVN and right-click on file menu then select Add to ignore list   This will add the files in the svn ignore property  When we checking in the files then those file which is matched with svn ignore that will be ignored and will not commit   In Visual Studio project we have added following files to ignore   bin obj   exe   dll   pdb   suo   We are managing source code on SVN of Comparetrap using this method successfully

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Use the following command to create a list not under version control files.

svn status | grep "^\?" | awk "{print \$2}" > ignoring.txt

Then edit the file to leave just the files you want actually to ignore. Then use this one to ignore the files listed in the file:

svn propset svn:ignore -F ignoring.txt .

Note the dot at the end of the line. It tells SVN that the property is being set on the current directory.

Delete the file:

rm ignoring.txt

Finally commit,

svn ci --message "ignoring some files"

You can then check which files are ignored via:

svn proplist -v

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