From: Ben Oakes Date: 2007-12-27T08:53:19+09:00 Subject: Re: RDocTask and SVN Ben Bleything wrote: > On Fri, Feb 16, 2007, Raymond O'connor wrote: >> I have a standard RDocTask in my rake file that creates my >> documentation. However everytime I run rake rdoc, it removes my >> document folder before rebuilding the new documentation which causes >> havoc with svn. SVN puts a ~ next to this folder in svn status (I >> assume because it thinks it's still under version control but its .svn >> folder is missing from it), and its not fixed until i remove everything >> manually through svn commands. Is there a way to make this raketask >> play nicer with svn? > > My personal preference is to svn:ignore any directory that contains > solely content that is generated. That means my packages, rdoc, rcov, > etc are not in svn. If ever someone wants to read them, they can run > the tasks themselves. I agree with what you say, but this doesn't solve the issue. This is because when you run a command like: svn propset svn:ignore '*' doc ... the actual property itself is stored in the ".svn" directory of the target directory ("doc/.svn" in this case). So, this will work as long as that .svn directory remains intact. However, the rdoc tasks (i.e. "rake rdoc" and "rake rerdoc") both clobber everything in the target directory when they run, including the ".svn" directory. So, if the rdoc task is ever run, you'll have to go through the whole song and dance of setting the ignore property, etc again. Perhaps I'm missing something in your solution? I've searched all over the web for a solution to this, but all I've found so far is what you're suggesting here. I'm on OS X Leopard with ruby 1.8.6 if it makes a difference. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.