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Set svn:ignore property on anything in a particular folder (but not the folder itself)

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You just need quotes around the * to stop your shell from expanding it into a list of all the files in the current folder.

svn propset svn:ignore "*" public/assets/dvd_files/dvds/

With the * expanded, you're effectively running

svn propset svn:ignore file1 file2 file3 file4 public/assets/dvd_files/dvds/

which is interpreted as setting the value of svn:ignore to "file1" on the file file2

stevemegson 2010-08-19 11:18:41

ahhhh...right. Worked perfectly, thanks Steve.

Max Williams 2010-08-19 16:50:08

"*" does not expand as you describe. Running your second command won't work.

Alex B 2010-10-28 21:20:51

@Alex: The second command isn't supposed to work, it's illustrating what Max's original command really runs after expansion and why that doesn't work. The first command is the correct one, preventing the unwanted expansion, and works just fine.

stevemegson 2010-10-29 11:10:34

@stevemegson, Ahhh... From the text of your answer, I thought you were describing the "*" in your first code line. It wasn't clear to me. Thanks for the clarification.

Alex B 2010-10-29 21:29:28

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