Re: [Boost-Users] .cvsignore - I'm stuck

From: William E. Kempf (wekempf_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-12-10 17:11:54

William Trenker said:
> (This isn't really a boost question but I've spent half a day reading
> the cvs documentation and am hoping for a bit of help on what I think is
> probably a very simple question.)
>
> I have a blazing 33.6K modem connection to the Internet.  So when I do a
> cvs update of my copy of the boost tree, the mug shots (.jpg
> files) in the people subdirectory take quite a long time to be
> checked for differences.  I don't really need to update those files so I
> am trying to get a .cvsignore file to work in the "people"
> subdirectory. (I realize these files may not change very often;
> still, I would appreciate knowing how to do a .cvsignore for boost
> libraries that I'm not using.) But I can't get cvs to recognize the
> .cvsignore file.
>
> I created a .cvsignore file, with the line "*.jpg", in the people
> sub-directory.  But when I run "cvs update" in the people
> sub-directory (after "cvs login") cvs gives me a "? .cvsignore"
> response and continues updating anyway. I thought maybe I have to
> "cvs add" the .cvsignore file, but that doesn't work.
>
> How do I get cvs to "see" my .cvsignore file?

AFAIK, you have to check the .cvsignore files in for them to take effect,
and I also don't believe the effect files already in the repository.  Long
and short is, I don't think you can .cvsignore these files.

Sorry,

William E. Kempf