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Bug 79869

Summary: [Sync Info].cvsignore does not always work. Provide a working alternative.
Product: [Eclipse Project] Platform Reporter: Jan Ploski <jpljpl>
Component: CVSAssignee: platform-cvs-inbox <platform-cvs-inbox>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact:
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P5 CC: avijayr, blizzy-keyword-eclipse_bugs.ba215a, chris_42, David.Biesack, dimzzy, eclipse-bugs, ittayd, kenny, lshllshl, sandra.kupfer
Version: 3.0.1Keywords: helpwanted
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
Whiteboard: stalebug

Description Jan Ploski CLA 2004-12-01 07:41:49 EST 
Please make it possible to exclude any user-specified resource from version
control, or at least to keep it from appearing in the Synchronize view.
CVS flaws do not really matter (see other related bugs for a lengthy
discussion of issues involved). Not being able to simply and reliably
filter out resources from the "Synchronize" view without fiddling with
the CVS server is a serious usability flaw.
Comment 1 Michael Valenta CLA 2004-12-01 11:59:00 EST 
I agree that this would be handy. We will try to do it for 3.1, if time 
permits.
Comment 2 Michael Valenta CLA 2004-12-02 11:51:28 EST 
*** Bug 80027 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Michael Valenta CLA 2005-09-22 08:46:22 EDT 
*** Bug 110261 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Michael Valenta CLA 2005-10-19 08:57:19 EDT 
*** Bug 112758 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 Michael Valenta CLA 2006-04-06 14:23:34 EDT 
*** Bug 135340 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Michael Valenta CLA 2007-01-05 14:30:21 EST 
*** Bug 169710 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 7 Michael Valenta CLA 2007-01-19 11:47:35 EST 
*** Bug 171008 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 8 David Biesack CLA 2010-08-12 12:44:52 EDT 
Most dups refer to directories that were created, but I have another use case.

The practice within our team is to commit the Eclipse .project file
to CVS. We all use Maven and the Maven plug-in, so this allow team members to
check out a project and the Maven nature is already added to the project.

However, individuals may install additional plug-ins that are not
common to everyone, and this modifies the .project file with new natures,
<buildSpec> elements, etc. We do *not* want to commit those changes
because they are not universally used across the team. However, it is easy
to accidentally check in .project file changes because the Synchronize with
Repository view includes .project even if we add it to .cvsignore. On large commits, its easy to miss it. Then, others get them on CVS updates, and 
then they get workspace errors about missing pieces.

So, I'd like a way to tell Eclipse to *really* ignore files that
are listed in .cvsignore - it would be an option in the CVS preferences,
but off by default. Simply automatically "remove from view" anything that
is in a .cvsignore file.
Comment 9 Lars Vogel CLA 2019-11-27 07:01:25 EST 
This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got
resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some
reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet.

If you have further information on the current state of the bug, please add it.
The information can be, for example, that the problem still occurs, that you
still want the feature, that more information is needed, or that the bug is
(for whatever reason) no longer relevant.

If the bug is still relevant, please remove the stalebug whiteboard tag.