subversion include directory exclude files

Question

I want to include a directory when I do my imports but exclude any files that might be in it. how can this be done?

ie: include cache dir, but exclude all the cache files in it.

in my global-ignores I have tried cache and cache/*, the former just excluded the entire cache dir - expected. and the later included everything.

am I close?

Answer 1

During an import you can simply control by deleting or moving the files from the location you don't like to import.

The simplest solution is to move the files to a backup location do the import and that's it.

Answer 2

http://github.com/shuber/svnignore - git style ignores with subversion

Answer 3

svn propset svn:ignore "*" ./mycachefolder/

In eclipse you would rightclick the folder and select "add property". Simple add a * then.