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diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt index 85b2c8da5d..aad5e65c70 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt @@ -107,17 +107,25 @@ repository, either don't use this option or you should both use it in the same local timezone. --ignore-paths=<regex>;; - This allows one to specify Perl regular expression that will + This allows one to specify a Perl regular expression that will cause skipping of all matching paths from checkout from SVN. - Examples: + The '--ignore-paths' option should match for every 'fetch' + (including automatic fetches due to 'clone', 'dcommit', + 'rebase', etc) on a given repository. - --ignore-paths="^doc" - skip "doc*" directory for every fetch. +config key: svn-remote.<name>.ignore-paths - --ignore-paths="^[^/]+/(?:branches|tags)" - skip "branches" - and "tags" of first level directories. + If the ignore-paths config key is set and the command + line option is also given, both regular expressions + will be used. - Regular expression is not persistent, you should specify - it every time when fetching. +Examples: + + --ignore-paths="^doc" - skip "doc*" directory for every + fetch. + + --ignore-paths="^[^/]+/(?:branches|tags)" - skip + "branches" and "tags" of first level directories. 'clone':: Runs 'init' and 'fetch'. It will automatically create a |