svn:designate a file as not subject for source control

Question

I have a project folder with sources, headers, resources, etc. Most files are subject to source control via SVN, but some are not. Is there a way to designate a file as not subject to source control, ever, so that "svn status" does not throw a line with a question mark next to that file?

Answer 1

yes, add it as a value of the svn:ignore property on the containing folder.

For example with this structure:

SomeDirectory
SomeDirectory\somefile.txt

you can run

svn propset svn:ignore somefile.txt SomeDirectory

Answer 2

+1 for the svn propset svn:ignore command.

In addition, if you are using TortoiseSVN you can also right-click a file in the commit window when you are committing your changes and choose to ignore that file.