Tortoise SVN - updating only SPECIFIC files in a list only
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Solution
Add the files/folders which you don't want to upload to the server to the `Ignore List`.
Steps: Right click on the file or folder that you don't want to upload and select `Tortoise SVN`->`Add to ignore list`. Repeat this for all the files and folders.
To update only a specific list of files from the main server/repo to a local machine
Steps: Select `TortoiseSVN`->`Update to Revision`->`Head Revion`. Also, `Update Depth`->`Working Copy`->`Choose items`-> This will open the folders in a tree structure where you can check ONLY the items that you want to update
Problem
Good afternoon, I have been asked by a colleague to see if something is possible within Tortoise SVN. We have a local machine that needs only a specific list of .xls files updated in its checked out repo from the main svn server when you right click the main folder and choose update. The files are located in several different folders, so it isn`t a case of simply deleting the contents of one folder and then calling update on that folder to restore the files with the most recent versions. I was thinking if there was a way of writing a "list" of file paths that I could feed to Tortoise (no jokes about lettuce please ;)) and it would munch its way through item by item and update JUST those files? Please help me Stack Overflow, you`re my only hope.