svn:global-ignores Not working? Tortoise SVN 1.9.7 / Subversion 1.9.7

Question

I have the following file _svnignore.txt which contains:

bin
packages
debug
release
.vs

I have run the following command on reporoot:

svn propset svn:global-ignores -F _svnignore.txt.

I have the following folder structure structure:

reporoot/MySolutionFolder
reporoot/packages
reporoot/lib

When I do a commit through Tortoise SVN I am still seeing files in the path reporoot/MySolutionFolder/bin to be committed when I do not want them to be

Answer 1

1. All *-ignore properties are applied only to unversioned items in your WC. If you have reporoot/MySolutionFolder/bin already versioned, they will not disappear from repo
2. I can't debug your patterns (I haven't SVN now), but you can, at least, check and show here results of

svn st --no-ignore reporoot/MySolutionFolder/bin

PS - work with commited to repo propset will be just "more correct" style, while it will not change common patterns

Answer 2

This was resolved - the solution was to Commit just the MySolutionFolder folder to source control first and then apply the propset to the route.