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I use TortoiseSVN 1.7.7, Build 22907 - 64 Bit and my OS is Windows 7 - 64 Bit and having an issue with the Add folder option.

In repository browser window, if I right click, I am presented with a menu that has an item add folder. I selected this option for adding a folder which contains a large number of source code files[.c, .cpp, .h] and some library files with extension .a and some object files with .o.

After adding this folder when I checked I found that a few .a and .o files are not added to repository. So I tried adding it again after deleting the old folder from the repository. But again the same files were missing. I tried this a number of times, but to no avail.

Then I tried dragging this folder and dropping it into the repository browser window. This time it worked and no files were missing.

I was thinking add folder option is equivalent to dragging an dropping a folder to repository window. But it seems like it is not. If these options are for the same purpose, then could it be a bug? In that case does anybody has similar experience?

Can anybody offer some help?

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I guess there is a svn:ignore property set on any parent folder of these .o/.a files. Usually it is better to leave generated content out of the version control, since it causes a lot of conflicts.

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*.o and *. are by default set in TortoiseSVN setting Global Ignore list, so they will never be added.
@Rudi: Thanks Rudi. So it seems like the result is not the same when I use Add folder option and Folder drag and drop. In my case these .a/.o files are not generated with the build but it is part of the code base and required for a successful build.

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