> In short: Can we please add the platform-dependent output tree names > as svn:ignore property to all modules?
+1 Malte. Frank Schönheit - Sun Microsystems Germany wrote, On 10/16/08 10:53 AM: > 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? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
