title: SVN Ignore - how to ignore the content of a directory
body: <p>I have a large project on a live server which I would like to commit to an svn repo. I have added all files and directories to the repository using <code>svn add</code>. </p>
  
  <p>The problem is that there is a folder-structure that I want to commit but without its content. The folder name is:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
  <pre><code>/home/myproject/media/
  </code></pre>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>It contains various folders such as images, adverts news, home-images, etc. I would like to commit these folders but not their content. I have tried doing the following:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
  <pre><code>cd /home/myproject/media/
  svn propedit svn:ignore ./homeimages/
  {{The text editor comes up}}
  I entered * and saved
  </code></pre>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>but when I do </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>svn stat</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>the files under <code>homeimages</code> are still listed in the repository. How can I resolve this issue?</p>