Exlude .svn folders within git

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Exlude .svn folders within git

I'm trying to exclude subversion's folders from being tracked by git. I tried a couple different setups for .git/info/exclude, but it doesn't seem to work. I would use git-svn, but it's a pain to request access to get that to work, so I'd rather just work around this by excluding the folders.

I want to exclude ".svn/entries"

I've tried adding the following lines to .git/info/exlude: .svn entries .svn/entries entries svn

No matter what I try, .svn entries shows up when I run git status

what do you mean its a pain to request access to get git-svn to work. git-svn just issues svn commands so if you already have SVN access you can use git-svn without anyone upstream knowing at all or needing to change anything

cpjolicoeur 2009-05-04 20:29:59

Access to install things on my work computer. There's a perl module missing, and to ask the admins to make that mod, is just a pain...

2009-05-04 20:33:40

+8 A:

I think you want to use a .gitignore file in your top-level directory. This will work if you put ".svn/entries" on a line in that file. You might just put ".svn" instead of ".svn/entries" as well.

EDIT: See comments. If they files are already being tracked by git, they'll always show up in git status.

Jesse Rusak 2009-05-04 20:31:56

I tried this too, and this didn't work. The problem is that each folder has its own .svn/entries.

2009-05-04 20:36:10

This works for me, even in the presence of one in each folder. Are the entries showing up in `svn status` because you've already asked git to track them? If you've `git add`ed them, they'll show up no matter what. Just `git rm --cached` them and you'll be OK.

Jesse Rusak 2009-05-04 20:40:45

There it is. I started by adding all the files in trunk... Good catch Jesse!

2009-05-04 20:49:35

ther is scrip to remove .svn folder check this link.. http://cocoabugs.blogspot.com/2010/09/script-to-remove-hidden-svn-folder.html

jeeva 2010-09-20 10:08:32

+3 A:

Create a ~/.gitexcludes file and put this in:

.svn

Tell git about your .gitexcludes file:

git config --global core.excludesfile "/home/USER_NAME/.gitexcludes"

Casey 2009-05-04 20:37:39

Where by .*.swp you mean .svn

kch 2009-05-04 20:39:42

Casey, I really thought that was going to work...but alas it didn't. This is pretty frustrating.

2009-05-04 20:41:58

@kch fixed that

Casey 2009-05-04 20:42:05

Ya, I trid it with .svn , still didn't work.

2009-05-04 20:42:16

@johannix - I updated the command. please try again

Casey 2009-05-04 20:48:21

+3 A:

Do what Casey suggests, except name the file .gitignore and put it in the root of your git repo.

I also like to do a attrib +h .gitignore so it won't show up in my explorer windows.

Andrew Burns 2009-05-04 20:51:24

Bah- Jesse beat me to it.

Andrew Burns 2009-05-04 20:52:07

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