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There is a master subversion repository that I've cloned a git repo from. I've got a lot of ignored files in my .gitignore that I'd like the svn repository to know about.

I know that I can use git svn show-ignored to pull the ignored list from subversion, but how can I do the reverse? Send a list of files to be ignored back to the svn repo?

Git version (and git-svn is at the same version):

git --version 
git version 1.7.0.5
A: 

Ok, so one (annoying) method that I've found is to:

(convenience step) add the gitignore file to the repository so that it is tracked.

Do an svn checkout.

svn propedit svn:ignore ./

Add in all the stuff that's in the tracked gitignore file.

This is pretty ugly, though, and who likes to actually touch & checkout svn when you're working with git? Anyone have a better alternative?

Tchalvak
+1  A: 

Git svn does not support this, so you'd have to do it yourself on a separate svn checkout. From the manual:

We ignore all SVN properties except svn:executable

It would be really nice though if this wasn't the answer...

iwein
What does "so you'd have to script it yourself" mean?
Tchalvak
@Tchalvak, it means you'd have to do what you said (which can be scripted or not). I'll edit that as it doesn't add value to the answer.
iwein