SVN ignore all sub-folders with a specified name

Question

I would like to ignore a specific named sub-folder from all current and future folders created going 1 level deep.

I have a folder that holds all of the templates I am using to generate files. This folder is itself a collection of folders with the actual templates in them. Something like the following

• Templates
  • Create
    • magic.template
    • unicorn.template
  • Update
    • fairy.template
    • dust.template
  • ...

My build process iterates through all of the folders and converts the templates into actual files. These get placed into a sub-folder called GeneratedTemp. This results in the following structure.

• Templates
  • Create
    • magic.template
    • unicorn.template
    • GeneratedTemp
      • magic.actual
      • unicorn.actual
  • Update
    • fairy.template
    • dust.template
    • GeneratedTemp
      • fairy.actual
      • dust.actual
  • ...

What I would like to do is ignore all sub-folders of Templates\XXX that are named GeneratedTemp. Is this possible? And how?

Answer 1

You can add svn property for folders containing GeneratedTemp. Change directory to /Templates and execute:

svn propset svn:ignore --depth=immediates GeneratedTemp .
svn ci "ignore */GeneratedTemp"

This will set svn:ignore property for all folders in /Templates folder. Note that it will clear all previous svn:ignore properties set for these folders if any (in this case you should use svn propedit).

Answer 2

It's never a good idea to have un-versioned files or folders inside folders that are versioned. Instead, try to find a directory structure where all generated files are placed somewhere outside the source tree.