Temporarily ignore some files with subversion. global-ignores, svn:ignore property and bash functions to add and remove elements from global-ignores

How might we temporarily ignore some files with subversion.
e.g. when doing a particular type of merge or svn diff/status

There is not an svn command-line option to do this.
Setting svn:ignore property on directory would work, but it is easier to put in a temporary global ignore.


Setting svn:ignore property on directory would work, but ...
http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.advanced.props.special.ignore.html

svn propedit svn:ignore .

It is easier to put in a temporary global ignore.
http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.advanced.confarea.html
edit your ~/.subversion/config file, uncomment and change the global-ignores list

global-ignores = *.o *.log

Some bash functions so adding and removing these global ignores can be automated:

function svnAddToGlobalIgnores {

 SVNGI=$(grep global-ignores ~/.subversion/config  |grep -v ^#)

 if [[ "$SVNGI" == "" ]] ; then

    echo "" >> ~/.subversion/config

    echo "global-ignores = $*" >> ~/.subversion/config

 else

    sed -ibak "s/^\(global-ignores.*\)$/\1 $*/" ~/.subversion/config

 fi

 grep global-ignores ~/.subversion/config

}



function svnRmFromGlobalIgnores {

 SVNGI=$(grep global-ignores ~/.subversion/config  |grep -v ^#)

 if [[ "$SVNGI" == "" ]] ; then

    echo "nothing to do"

 else

    for f in $*; do 

        sed -irmbak "s/^\(global-ignores.*\)$f\(.*\)$/\1\2/" ~/.subversion/config

    done

 fi

 grep global-ignores ~/.subversion/config

}

Usage:

svnAddToGlobalIgnores ReleaseNotes.txt ReleaseDiff.log modulerelease.tcl

svn merge $SVNREINT $SVNURLFROM

svnRmFromGlobalIgnores ReleaseNotes.txt ReleaseDiff.log modulerelease.tcl