I have a project with a subfolder Resources. In this folder there is a file I added to SVN:ignore.
Now there aren't any other changes compared with the latest respository revision. But in eclipse's synchronzite view, this folder is still beeing displayed. No other files are displayed under it, because nothing changed.
Why is this folder beeing displayed in the synchronize view?
Is it because SVN metadata changed?
Do I have to commit the metadata into the repository?
Is there a way, to get this folder out of the synchronize view, without commiting metadata?
I don't want to commit those SVN:ignore metadata, because its user specific. I don't want to ignore the folder's contents, because there are regular files which has to be version controlled.
Thanks in advance.
Is it because SVN metadata changed?
Yes, you modified the svn:ignore property of the Resources folder.
Do I have to commit the metadata into the repository?
Yes, svn:ignore properties are stored in the repository. They are shared between all SVN users.
Is there a way, to get this folder out of the synchronize view, without commiting metadata? I don't want to commit those SVN:ignore metadata, because its user specific.
Yes. You can use global-ignores in your SVN configuration file, instead of the svn:ignore property. From the section Runtime Configuration Area in the SVN book:
global-ignores
When running the svn status command, Subversion lists unversioned files and directories along with the versioned ones, annotating them with a ? character (see the section called “See an overview of your changes”). Sometimes it can be annoying to see uninteresting, unversioned items—for example, object files that result from a program's compilation—in this display. The global-ignores option is a list of whitespace-delimited globs that describe the names of files and directories that Subversion should not display unless they are versioned. The default value is *.o *.lo *.la #*# .*.rej *.rej .*~ *~ .#* .DS_Store.
You must commit svn:ignore when it should be work. There is no other way I think. Because all project metadata are under version control!
maybe it is trying to add the .ignore file itself? (It might have created that file to list ignored files.) Check for any other hidden files too.
if you want, you can add the whole folder to the ignore list
EDIT
Svn does not create a ignore file list, but maybe it is committing the parent folder or there is some hidden file inside that folder
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I have a Java project that is committed to an SVN repository. I'm using the Subclipse plugin in Eclipse Luna. The .project file was initially committed, but we don't want to commit any updates to the .project file that eclipse makes. I've added a .project entry in the ignored resources, but the .project file still shows up as a change, for example, when I rename the project folder, or do anything else that might cause Eclipse to change that file. I see the out of synch star for the top-level folder (of course the .project file is not shown in the project explorer), but the .project file does appear in the synchronization window and the commit dialog. What is the issue here? How can I get Eclipse to actually ignore changes to this file?
SVN, like most version control systems, won't let you ignore files that are already in the repository. To quote the book (emphasis added):
Subversion's support for ignorable file patterns extends only to the
one-time process of adding unversioned files and directories to
version control. Once an object is under Subversion's control, the
ignore pattern mechanisms no longer apply to it. In other words, don't
expect Subversion to avoid committing changes you've made to a
versioned file simply because that file's name matches an ignore
pattern—Subversion always notices all of its versioned objects.
While viewing the outgoing changes in Eclipse Team Synchronization(Subclipse), I am able to see the unversioned files also, like the generated class files, build folders, etc, which I do not want to see in this view. I dont want to add it to svn:ignore, since I have to do it manually for all the additional folders generated.
Is there any setting to change this to show only versioned files in this mode always?
Tortoise SVN client shows this option while committing, to show only versioned files. I am looking for such an option in Subclipse Team Synchronization view. Thanks in advance.
eclipse_outgoing_view
You should svn:ignore build folders.
Otherwise it's only a question of time until you or your colleague checks in the build folder
You should use svn:ignore, and note that once you do for a folder, all child folders are automatically ignored. In your example, if the build folder were ignored then everything inside it would automatically be ignored. It looks like your build folder has already been added to repository though, so maybe you can ignore the dist folder inside bin.
We have a project on a main branch in git repo.When i am pulling the project,the project structure is not coming properly.
And also is it necessary to store Eclipse-IDE specific file like .project in Git repo?
Any help would be appreciated.Thanks
You are completely free what files you store in your git repository.
Whatever you commit in whatever directory will be visible the same way in the same structure after a clone.
If there seem to be differences on the committing side and the cloned side, have a look at git status - maybe you did not commit all your files.
You have no need to store the .project file in your git repository as it is very specific to eclipse and store all the project related information for that particular workspace.
You can also add this file into the .gitignore file , that will tell git to ignore this file while doing a commit. In this way you can avoid checking in of file that you intentionally don't want to do.
You may have absolute paths to the source files. If the location of the files is not the absolute same as on the computer where you committed, the project won't be able to find the files.
Try right-click -> Properties on a file that cannot be found, and lookup the "Path" and "Location" properties. Location may be absolute, but Path should not.
I have figured out the problem that i was missing the .classpath file as we have not committed the .classpath file to git repository.So when i have taken the fresh clone of the repository that time i was missing my classpath file.So just added it and the problem solved.Another alternative is to go on to the Build path add the file to classpath.
Is it possible to exclude/ignore some specific files from synchronization with SVN that are present in svn ??
These files are already present in SVN, and I believe from other posts that the rightClick->Team->SVN:IGnore only works for files that are not there in svn.
I have read other posts but can not find the answer.
Reason : we have some files that have some specific content in SVN while some other content in local workspace, People by mistake are checking in theirversion of these config files to SVN.
Perhaps there is an easier way to do it, but following should work:
Optional: save your file somewhere, in case you can't recreate it
Open 'SVN Repositories' view, navigate to location of file you don't want to be in SVN, right click on it and choose 'Delete'. This would remove file from repository
Synchronize. You would see file removal as incoming change. Accept it. This would remove file from your local file system
Recreate file in your local file system, or copy from step (1). File would show as outgoing change if you synchronize at this point.
Now you should be able to do 'Right click->Team->Add to SVN Ignore' on it. Do this and commit property change on the folder.
TortoiseSVN has a option in the Windows-context-menu by right-clicking on the file to unversioncontrol and add to ignore list. The action should also be recogniced by the plugin, even if the plugin menu has not this option.
If you do not want to use Tortoise for this, a simple workaround would be:
remove the files from the folder(store them temporaly else where)
commit, the removed files.
if you are not on the commiting computer update now
paste back in the removed files and add them to the ignore list.
Adding files to .hgignore will prevent them from being tracked. But we have some files that we want to be in the repository - we just don't want users to ever commit changes. Is there a way to ignore changes to these files, so they won't get committed in an hg commit.
That cannot be done in Mercurial — a file is either tracked or untracked (and then optionally ignored). You should instead version a template file and then ignore the real file.
So add config.template to version control and add config to .hgignore. Ask your developers to copy the template to the real name and customize it as needed.