As with many aspects of svn, tortoise makes it really easy. In fact, I believe tortoise actually adds features by using existing svn features in a systematic way. I realize this answer is windows only, then, but perhaps some people out there are like me and still use windows. In the “Check for Modifications” popup simply right click your files and select “Move to Changelist”->”ignore-on-commit”. Now when you checkin using tortoise, it’ll segment your changes into the various change lists, so at least you can visually tell what you want to commit and what you don’t want to commit.
