Re: [PATCH v2] git-svn: mention `svn:global-ignores` in help+docs

[Alex Galvin <agalvin@comqi.com>]

On 2024-08-13 6:33 p.m., Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
>> index a2a46608c9b..d8dc485e50d 100755
>> --- a/git-svn.perl
>> +++ b/git-svn.perl
>> @@ -219,11 +219,11 @@ my %cmd = (
>>   	                "Set an SVN repository to a git tree-ish",
>>   			{ 'stdin' => \$_stdin, %cmt_opts, %fc_opts, } ],
>>   	'create-ignore' => [ \&cmd_create_ignore,
>> -			     'Create a .gitignore persvn:ignore',
>> +			     "Create a .gitignore per directory with an SVN ignore property",
> Hmph.  Is it intentional that this "create" side uses a single
> property while ...
> ... the other "show" side talks about "ignore properties" (plural),
> implying that both svn:ignore and svn:global-ignores may get
> involved?

I was trying to be precise that the create command makes one .gitignore
file in each directory it visits, regardless if that directory only has
one of the attributes or both. Would using "any SVN ignore property"
instead of "a SVN ignore property" make this clear?

Thanks,
Alex