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Problem hiding files & folders in TortoiseSVN

I would like to configure Tortoise's global ignore patterns to hide the folder "scripts/shavrir/database" and everything under it, including subfolders. For this, I added to the global ignore patterns this pattern: "scripts/shavrir/database/*.*" This has no effect, neither of files directly in said folder or in its sub-folders. I do...

SVN - How to handle one project, two kinds of releases, with the only difference one has several additional files

I think one method is keep one code base, when export, manually add or not add these additional files per release requirement. But it require you to remember doing this each time export a copy, which is easy to forget. I created a branch for the project in SVN with these files included, but problem is each time i change the trunk, i nee...

Folder shows Missing in Tortoise SVN Commit - How to disassociate this and move that missing item

I have added a new folder to one of my local working copies. I have yet to initially check it in though. I want to take it out and put it on my desktop, then branch and then put it back in and associate with the branched local version. I noticed though, as I try to commit, that the folder is associated with that local copy because it'...

Is it safe to use TortoiseSVN's "Set file dates to the last commit time" feature with Visual Studio?

TortoiseSVN has a feature to set the file dates to the "last commit time." The default is false. This would be nice to use for the purpose of robocopy install scripts. If one developer does a robocopy install of a website, when I update my repository my file change dates aren't the same as his, so if I try to do an install, the dates ...

TortoiseSVN: Move file does not preserve history

I am attempting to move a file to another folder inside a TortoiseSVN repository, and the revision history is not being preserved. I have tried moving the files using the Repo-browser (right-click drag the files and select "Move items to here") as well in the working folder (right-click drag, select "SVN Move versioned files here," and ...

Branch from Revision or HEAD? Which to choose

I'm not sure whether to branch from the default selected revision number or HEAD when doing a Tortoise Branch. I already got latest and built. Now just trying to figure out which is best to branch from in terms of repo number. ...

How can I have a post-commit hook that is only called when commits are made to TRUNK?

I have a repository that has the following directories: branches tags trunk The trunk directory contains the main line of development. I have created a post-commit hook script for the repository that updates a working copy (of trunk) when a user commits back to repository. It looks something like this: /usr/bin/svn update /path/to/...

run exe after successful svn export from TortoiseSVN

I'd like to execute a small clientside script/exe/bat after a successful repository export from TortoiseSvn. The process would look like: Right click repository Click TortoiseSVN Export menu item Export sucessfully completes TortoiseSVN runs my script. I've already looked at creating a custom client hook, but they're only available ...

Deleting a revision from TortoiseSVN

When I commit code into my company's Subversion repository, I often have several files that need to be checked in. Often times, I want to check them in (commit them) separately, because I like to group similar files together. By default, TortoiseSVN opens up the Commit dialog window with all the files selected. If I only want to commi...

Can I add custom properties to TortoiseSVN's list of properties in Add Properties dialog?

Our team is using some user-defined properties on our SVN repository. When I go to add a property to a file using TortoiseSVN, I right-click on the file and choose TortoiseSVN / Properties. I then click the New... button and get the Add Properties dialog. At the top of this dialog is a drop-down list of pre-defined properties labeled Pro...

Updating the repository location for an existing SVN checkout.

Consider the scenario of an SVN server with a dynamic IP: I check out a repository from svn://192.168.1.10/Repo. Then I make a bunch of changes. Meanwhile, the IP on the server has rolled and it's now located at svn://192.168.1.12/Repo. How can I tell my existing checkout to update from/commit to that location? Answer using TortoiseSVN ...

How do include a parent folder in an SVN repository with Tortoise?

I have a folder structure like this... /main/project/web-app/versioned /main/project/web-app/more-versioned /main/project/web-app/unversioned I mirrored this in my SVN repository without the unversioned folder /main/project/web-app/versioned /main/project/web-app/more-versioned I checked out into versioned and more-versioned, but I...

TortoiseSVN - When I delete a folder I got trouble.

A lot of times I need to delete a folder and copy another one with the same name. Always this is a place to trouble. What is the best way do do this? The error I got when I trying to commit: Error: Directory Error: '..\trunk\bin\MVCContrib\InputBuilderTemplates\.svn' Error: containing working copy admin area is missing Error: Pl...

SVN post-commit works only manually

HI, I've created a batch file called post-commit.bat and placed it under the /hooks directory. The content of the file is: TestCS.exe The content of the exe file is: static void Main(string[] args) { try { // create a writer and open the file TextWriter tw = new StreamWriter("date.txt");...

Exclude Eclipse's hidden .settings directory from commits when using TortoiseSVN

I'm using the TortoiseSVN client and Eclipse. When I attempt to commit a Eclipse project TortoiseSVN displays a .settings directory in the file list and says that it is un-versioned. The `.settings' directory seems to be where Eclipse keeps all of it's settings for a project. Is there a way to exclude this directory so that it is comple...

Tortoise SVN export settings

Hi, can i somehow export settings from Tortoise SVN(i mean Tortoise SVN client settings, not subversion). I must install Tortoise SVN for whole develop team and don`t want to set up client many times. I tried to search on Google but found nothing. Thanks ...

Best practice to manage SVN with a solution with multiple projects involved

Before I start, the following is based on knowledge gained through usage of TortoiseSVN 1.6.x and ASP.NET web projects with Visual Studio 2008 as example. Case Study Say, in a happy day scenario, a typical subversion repository structure can be somewhere similar to: /trunk /Solution1 /ProjectA /ProjectB /Pr...

How to revert back in SVN force commit

Hi is there a way to force commit in SVN? Thanks in advance ...

Change SVN commit message afterwards?

I would like to re-write a big number of SVN commit messages to a different structure, e.g. prefix a category. From: "foo" now accepts "bar" format for connection string. I want core - database - "foo" now accepts "bar" format for connection string. Is there an easy way to do this that does not include dumping the whole repository us...

Tortoise SVN deleted folders keep coming back

I have a number of projects in my repository that are no longer needed. I removed them from the repository - this seemed to remove them from SVN control as the relevant icons in Windows Explorer went away and the folders now show as standard Windows folders. I then deleted the items from the hard disk. Imagine my suprise to find when ...