Question

I have some folders with .swf files. When I change into the folder and type:

svn --username myusername propset svn:ignore *.swf

I get the message:

svn: Cannot set 'svn:ignore' on a file ('Floating.swf')

I have several .swfs in that folder…how do I not upload them?

Answer 1

Look like your shell is globbing the pattern before it gets to svn (in other words, the actual command that runs is svn --username myusername propset svn:ignore Floating.swf Sunk.swf etc
Try enclosing the pattern in single quotes to prevent your shell from doing this. Also, you need to apply this property to a directory, it sounds like you want the current one, so . should work:

svn --username myusername propset svn:ignore '*.swf' .