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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>According to
the CVS doc (chapter C.5), it reads:<BR><BR>"...CVS has a list of files (or
sh(1) file name patterns) that it should <BR>ignore while running update, import
and release. This list is constructed <BR>in the following
way.<BR><BR> a.. The list is initialized to include certain file
name patterns: <BR> names associated with CVS administration, or with other
common source <BR> control systems; common names for patch files, object
files, archive <BR> files, and editor backup files; and other names that
are usually <BR> artifacts of assorted utilities. Currently, the default
list of ignored <BR> file name patterns
is:<BR>
RCS SCCS CVS
CVS.adm <BR> RCSLOG cvslog.* tags TAGS
.make.state .nse_depinfo
*~ #* <BR>
.#* ,*
_$* *$<BR> *.old
*.bak *.BAK *.orig *.rej .del-*
*.a *.olb *.o <BR>
*.obj *.so *.exe *.Z
*.elc *.ln core<BR><BR> a.. The
per-repository list in `$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/cvsignore' is appended <BR> to the
list, if that file exists. .<BR> b.. The per-user list in
`.cvsignore' in your home directory is <BR> appended to the list, if it
exists.<BR> c.. Any entries in the environment variable $CVSIGNORE
is appended to <BR> the list.<BR> d.. Any `-I' options given to
CVS is appended.<BR> e.. As CVS traverses through your directories,
the contents of any <BR> `.cvsignore' will be appended to the list. The
patterns found in <BR> `.cvsignore' are only valid for the directory that
contains them, not for <BR> any sub-directories. ..."<BR><BR>CVSNT does not
seem to honor the per-repository list in <BR>`$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/cvsignore'
.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><BR>This file
contains in my case simply the following entries
:<BR>classes<BR>*.class<BR><BR>as, for instance, all of the class files in my
Java projects show up as <BR>'non-cvs' .</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><BR>However,
when I provide a local .cvsignore file (containing the same <BR>entries) for
each of my top-level Java project folder, the classes folder, <BR>as well as all
the class files are
hidden.<BR><BR><BR>Hans<BR></DIV></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>