Ignore a folder during SVN updates

You could do an svn update and specifically mention every other directory, e.g.

svn update dir1 dir2 dir3

Or, grep -v out what you don't want.

svn update `ls | grep -v big_dir`

Or, svn mv the big_dir up into another folder and change your build system to get the content from the other directory.

The svn:ignore is only for files that are not already in the Subversion repository. This folder already is.

You can use the svn update --set-depth exclude folderName to remove this folder from your working directory:

$ svn update --set-depth exclude bigFolder  #Removes "bigFolder" from workdir
D bigFolder

$

Next time you do an update, bigFolder won't show up in your working directory. If you want it back, you'll have to reset the depth:

$ svn update --set-depth infinity
U bigFolder
U bigFolder/File1
U bigFolder/File2
...

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