Global-ignores active on import!

["Delbert D. Franz" <dd...@lka.com>]

It became necessary to redesign the repository on one of my 
major projects.  As a result, some files not under version
control were now placed under version control.
The files under the old design that were not under 
version control were included in the global-ignore
list in the user-config file.  

I forgot to remove these files/extensions from this
global-ignore list and found that this list is 
not only used for the svn status subcommand
but also for the svn import subcommand.  I found
that no files with their name or their extension 
on the global-ignore list in the user-config file,
were imported.  

The Subversion book and the notes in the config file
only describe the function of the global-ignore list 
with respect to svn status but not with respect to 
svn import where it also appears to be active. 

Is the role of global-ignore for svn import 
a bug or an undocumented feature?
Once I discovered its role for import, I could see
some good uses for svn import.  It then becomes
easier to place the files in a directory under version
control without having to remove those files 
that were to remain outside such control.  Merely 
adding their file names or file extensions to the 
global-ignore list keeps them from being imported.

If this is a feature, it needs to be mentioned in the
Subversion book  in this role as well as for svn status. 

                                              Delbert  


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Re: Global-ignores active on import!

[Ben Collins-Sussman <su...@collab.net>]

On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 21:13, Delbert D. Franz wrote:

> Is the role of global-ignore for svn import 
> a bug or an undocumented feature?

Whoops, thanks for pointing this out.  We'll add it to the book!



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