Set SVN Property Ignore with TortoiseSVN

Objects that are not checked in, were marked with questionmarks by TortoiseSVN, if icon overlay is active and functional.

If you are performing a "SVN Commit..." and "Show unversioned files" is checked, then this files will be shown.

Over time the number of files and folders can be grown and you can easily lose the overview so that needed files are not checked in. Also the risk increases that files are checked in that shouldn't (like compiled code).

For example, Visual Studio creates the folder "bin" and "obj" automatically for the compiled code. But you never want to check in the folders and their content. You can ignore the folders and their content so that they will not shown, again. To do so right click on the object to ignore and then go to "TortoiseSVN→Add to ignore list". If you choose "(recursively)" the item will be ignored in this folder and all subfolders. For files you have the choice whether all files with the same extension (*.extension) or just this particular file (file.extension) is to be ignored.

Objects that are ignored, were marked by TortoiseSVN, if icon overlay is active and functional.

Set SVN Property External with TortoiseSVN

An already existing project can be integrated into a new main project with the help of Subversion. This has several advantages:

• No need to make a local copy (but be carefull with changes)
• You can choose the version of the existing project, always the newest or fixed at some revision
• You can use relative paths that can be predefined by the structure of the main project

If you are using a certain revision, then you prevent that changes in external project affect negatively on your project.

You can include an existing project with the property "svn:externals". This can be done at the root of the new main project.

In the context menu go to "TortoiseSVN → Properties→New...→Externals→New...". Then you have to set the "Local path" to which the external project should be checked out and the URL of the external project. If you always want to have the newest version of the external project choose "HEAD revision", otherwise choose "Revision" and set the "Peg" revision. Furthermore you can also set the "Operative" revision, if it differs.

With "SVN Update" the external projects will be checked out to the defined path.