Hi, now that we start working with SVN-based CWSes, those module output trees (common[.pro], unxlngi6[.pro], wntmsci12[.pro] etc.) become somewhat inconvenient, as they clutter your svn status output, for example.
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/OOo_and_Subversion#Ignoring_output_trees discusses this, and suggests to add those names to the global ignore list, claiming this is better than adding them as per-directory property. I beg to disagree, for the following reasons: The global ignore list applies to each and every location in the source tree, where we actually want to ignore those output trees only in the module directories. So, using the global list is overkill, and makes using files/folders, which match the respective pattern, in other locations unnecessarily difficult. Second, using the global ignore list for that purpose is something which everybody needs to do for himself (and for those of us working on different Windows machines without roaming profiles, it means doing it on every machine). Third, The Book, in http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.5/svn.advanced.props.special.ignore.html, has a sentence which also suggests we should use svn:ignore instead of the global ignore list: The global list of ignore patterns tends to be more a matter of personal taste and ties more closely to a user's particular tool chain than to the details of any particular working copy's needs. Surely the our output tree names/locations are a facet equal across all working copies, so we should address the issue in the repository. In short: Can we please add the platform-dependent output tree names as svn:ignore property to all modules? Ciao Frank -- - Frank Schönheit, Software Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - Sun Microsystems http://www.sun.com/staroffice - - OpenOffice.org Base http://dba.openoffice.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
