How to do a "hijack", like in ClearCase, in Subversion?

Question

In ClearCase you you can "hijack" a file which means that the change management system will let you make changes to it, but it won't try to commit those changes or try to update that file when you pull the lastest changes. This is useful for configuration files or hacking classes that are only needed for production (like a slow filter that encrypts messages etc).

Is there anyway to do this in Subversion?

Answer 1

There is no real equivalent in Subversion in that the files are directly writable in your working directory in Subversion.

You can ignore a file in subversion on commit (with TortoiseSVN), which allows you to ignore current modifications done locally while keeping the file under version control.
And that is fairly similar to "hijacked" files in ClearCase.

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The OP ArtB asked about a command-line solution, and I suggested using changelist (as in svn changelist), which he summarized in his answer (upvoted)

You will see this approach taken in:

• "SVN: Is there a way to mark a file as “do not commit”?"
• "svn ignore a file but include it in checkout"