On 2024-08-13 1:36 p.m., Junio C Hamano wrote:
I do not know how likely it is that Subversion gains even more sources of exclusion data in the future, but it makes me wonder if a phrase like "Create a .gitignore file from ignore properties of svn" so that we do not have to muck with the message.
I don't think that Subversion will add another attribute for ignored files anytime soon. The project has not had a minor release since 2020; the svn:global-ignores actually dates back to Subversion 1.8 in 2013.
With that being said, I think your proposed message is still better. I spent entirely too long debating if it was more appropriate to use "and" or "or" in my version of the help text.
