I’m using SVN to manage my Firefox extension project, and this project contains an XPCOM component. Firefox is loading directly from my working directory by placing a text file with the working directory’s path in the ./extensions directory of my user profile. When Firefox starts, my extension fails to load & overlay; examining the Error Console, I see that the error states that “.svn cannot be loaded as a component” – a reference to the .svn directory inside my “components” directory of the plug-in structure. Is there any way to get Firefox to ignore this directory, or get SVN to generate a working copy without the .svn directories in it?
I’m using SVN to manage my Firefox extension project, and this project contains an
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The only thing I suggest is that you create some build scripts that deploy your files (sans .svn) into your firefox extensions folder. Not ideal, but you should be able to put something together that only takes a few seconds to run and can be triggered by shortcut key (or for bonus points, by monitoring the files in your working copy, and updating your firefox folder whenever they get saved)