Question

When I select ignore on a files under version control it marks the parent directory as changes, then when I then do a commit, it checks in svn:ignore property to the repository, resulting in another revision.

Why do I need to commit the svn:ignore property? Is this a TortoiseSVN issue or just the way SVN works?

Answer 1

That’s the way SVN works.

More information here:

http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.5/svn.advanced.props.html#svn.advanced.props.workflow

Quote from that page:

As with file contents, your property
changes are local modifications, made
permanent only when you commit them to
the repository with svn commit.