Subversion properties supported by GitHub

There are several Subversion workflows and properties that are similar to existing functionality on GitHub Enterprise Server.

In this article

Note

Subversion support will be removed with GitHub version 3.13. For more information, see the GitHub blog.

Executable files (svn:executable)

We convert svn:executable properties by updating the file mode directly before adding it to the Git repository.

MIME types (svn:mime-type)

GitHub Enterprise Server internally tracks the mime-type properties of files and the commits that added them.

Ignoring unversioned items (svn:ignore)

If you've set files and directories to be ignored in Subversion, GitHub Enterprise Server will track them internally. Files ignored by subversion clients are completely distinct from entries in a .gitignore file.

Currently unsupported properties

GitHub Enterprise Server doesn't currently support svn:externals, svn:global-ignores, or any properties not listed above, including custom properties.