How can I exclude all the svn metadata while synchronizing with unison?

Question

How can I exclude all the svn metadata while synchronizing with unison?

So that all subfiles/folders are also ignored!

Thank you for you help

Answer 1

In your preferences file:

ignore Name .svn

On the command line: unison -ignore 'Name .svn'.

It's a little weird to synchronize svn checkouts though. Usually people keep separate checkouts on separate machine and synchronize via the repository.

Answer 2

You can exclude specific files or directories by putting "ignore" lines in your unison config file. This should be ~/.unison/default.prf (or whatever the config file is for your specific sync profile).

[edited to just be where to put the ignore lines, since Gilles' answer solved the specific question better]

Answer 3

I haven't tested this myself, but according to the manual, the --ignore "*/.svn/*" option should help.