How to ignore config files in SVN?

Question

What is the proper syntax to ignore a specific file such as a configuration file which may be different depending if it is running on Development, QA or Production?

Answer 1

you can add property svn:ignore in your repository and ignore *.config files or exactly web.config

Answer 2

Create and check in a template web.config.template and ignore web.config the 'deployed' version.

To automate the web.config.template customization create a shell script.