svnignore

git style ignores with subversion

This script looks for files named .svnignore in the current directory along with all of its nested directories and ignores the patterns found in them

It can handle basic ignores, patterns (with *), recursive patterns (with **), and ignoring multiple files/patterns in the same directory

Installation

gem install svnignore

Usage

Move into the root of your svn project (cd ~/Projects/project_name) and run svnignore

Here's a sample .svnignore file that I frequently use with rails projects

**/.DS_Store
config/application_settings.yml
config/database.yml
db/*.sqlite3
log/*.log
tmp/*

In this case, the script would parse those patterns and execute the following commands

svn propset svn:ignore -R '.DS_Store' .
svn propset svn:ignore -F some_temp_file config/
svn propset svn:ignore '*.sqlite3' db/
svn propset svn:ignore '*.log' log/
svn propset svn:ignore '*' tmp/

Note on Patches/Pull Requests

* Fork the project.
* Make your feature addition or bug fix.
* Add tests for it. This is important so I don't break it in a
future version unintentionally.
* Commit, do not mess with rakefile, version, or history.
(if you want to have your own version, that is fine but
 bump version in a commit by itself I can ignore when I pull)
* Send me a pull request. Bonus points for topic branches.

Contact

Problems, comments, and suggestions all welcome: shuber@huberry.com