Import home directory to svn without adding all its contents

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I'm trying to add a couple of files in my home directory to my svn repository, namely .vimrc and .bashrc. How do I go about doing this? I don't want to import everything in my home directory because that would be too many files, I only want to add a couple of files from my home directory.

Thanks in advance

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 02 '12 at 19:15

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The usual way is to put these files into a separate directory (e.g. ${HOME}/dotfiles) and symlink these into your ${HOME} (e.g. ln -s ${HOME}/dotfiles/vimrc ${HOME}/.vimrc).

Then you can put your dotfiles directory under version control.

answered Feb 02 '12 at 19:15

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:56

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I think you can add only the files you want and ignore the rest.

svn add filename

And ignore the rest as seen here How do I ignore a directory with SVN? (also work for files)

edited May 23 '17 at 11:56

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answered Feb 02 '12 at 19:16

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