--exclude parameter doesn't seem to skip folders as directed.

[igreenbride]

I'm trying to convert a standard format SVN repo to git using svn2git, but I can't seem to exclude a folder at the top level of the trunk folder.

At this point I've dialed the conversion down to --nobranches --notags, but I'm also trying to use: --exclude folderName to exclude a folder and all of its subfolders and contents from our trunk directory.

But folderName is still pulled into the converted directory from SVN. What am I doing wrong?

[chrisdembia]

I have this issue too. I almost wish there wasn't some regex trickery in going from svn2git's --exclude to git svn's --ignore-paths.

I use --exclude Vendors/ABC, to remove a folder at Trunk/Vendors/ABC. But this doesn't get excluded, even though the regex that svn2git creates DOES match Trunk/Vendors/ABC.

[arbyter]

Same issue here. A bugfix would be great!

[chrisdembia]

Okay, using --exclude '.*ABC.*' worked for me (to remove Vendors/ABC).

[igreenbride]

Nice! So the documentation is just bad?

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Okay, using --exclude '.ABC.' worked for me (to remove Vendors/ABC).

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[chrisdembia]

I don't think so...I'm excluding multiple directories using the normal expected syntax; its just this one path that is funky for some reason.

[wolf81]

Exclude didn't work properly for me either. I've posted a question on StackOverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24123667/cloning-subversion-repo-into-git-gives-a-http-400-response-bad-request-with-re

[rbjorklin]

I'm having this issue too. Did anyone figure out how to exclude folders and their subfolders? This doesn't seem to work --exclude '.*folder/.*'

[mattack1]

I can't get it to work either.. The real issue I'm trying to work around is: branches/project-NUM-work/.../file.c was not found in commit hash (r18996)

on MacOS. so I tried various options mentioned here, including --exclude '.*project-NUM-work.*'

and in a simplified command (to narrow down where the original problem happens), I get: command failed: git svn fetch -r 18990:19100 --ignore-paths='^(?:trunk[/]|tags[/][^/]+[/]|branches[/][^/]+[/])(?:.project-NUM-work.)'

[svscorp]

Same here, using svn2git --exclude ".*docs.*" and it doesn't remove contents of "svn/path/trunk/project/src/docs". Though, if a docs folder is in the root - it works, i.e. it removed when it was here "svn/path/trunk/project/docs".

[lvthillo]

+1

[jimshawx]

The string that svn2git is concatenating with the excluding regex must start with a /, which is probably wrong, and stops any other strings matching.

But you can get round that by adding the following, which closes off the first capture and begins a new alternative one --exclude '.*)|(?:.^'

Then you can supply all your exclusions in one more exclude parameter:

--exclude 'pattern1|pattern2'

[Ecordonnier]

@jimshawx what do you mean with "the excluding regex must start with a /"? Unfortunately I think this bug is still there, I am having troubles while using --exclude "test/.*" as regex. However if I try to use the solution you suggest, the pattern

.*)

excludes everything.