[openib-general] svn:ignore property stuff

[James Lentini]

On Tue, 27 Sep 2005, Robert Walsh wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I've added an svn:ignore property to a bunch of directories in the
> subversion repository.  This causes subversion to ignore certain files
> (like .o files and other generated files) in a particular directory.
> This is useful if you've modified and built a bunch of stuff and only
> want 'svn status' to print out information on your modifications or
> additions, and not show the generated files with a '?' status field.
>
> Is it OK if I go ahead and check these properties in?

It sounds ok, but svn diff will produce essentially the same results 
(svn diff --diff-cmd diff -x --brief). To see the files you've added 
you need to do an svn add (don't worry they won't be committed until 
you do an svn commit).

james