Regarding git svn with Eclipse projects

Question

Here's the configuration of my svn repo:

branches
  jack
    proj1
    proj2
  hobbes
    proj1
    proj2
trunk
  proj1

Both proj1 and proj2 are Eclipse projects. I've done a git svn -s clone successfully. There's a problem, though. git-svn considers trunk to be my main directory (when in the trunk git branch, that is), meaning that having my .gitignore inside proj1 won't work. But I need to have .gitignore inside proj1, otherwise when someone checks out from proj1 (through svn), .gitignore won't be included!

How to solve this issue?

Answer 1

Your layout is not standard (the -s switch). You'll have to specify all --trunk=<trunk_subdir>, --tags=<tags_subdir> and --branches=<branches_subdir>. You should not have trunk as a directory next to your .git directory. Stdlayout would be:

proj1
  trunk
  branches
    jack
    hobbes
  tags
proj2
  trunk
  branches
    jack
    hobbes
  tags

I don't know if with your svn layout it is at all possible to correctly describe one project and it's branches and tags to git svn.