How to ADD a file to svn:global-ignores?

Question

According to answers to this question you can ignore a file in the whole project tree like this:

svn propset svn:global-ignores "ignoreThis.txt" .

The problem is, I already have files in svn:global-ignores and if I run the above command, they all get replaced by ignoreThis.txt .

So how can I add a value to the global ignores property rather than replacing it?

Answer 1

The property value is a just a newline terminated list of the paths you want to ignore. If the property already exists the best option, assuming you have a working copy already available, is to use svn propedit svn:global-ignores. This will open the existing property value in your EDITOR . You can then edit the list and save to set the new value. Then just commit the property change.