[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #64971: Build: Synchronize .gitignore and svn:ignore

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#64971: Build: Synchronize .gitignore and svn:ignore
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 Reporter:  dmsnell           |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement       |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal            |  Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Build/Test Tools  |    Version:
 Severity:  normal            |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                    |
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 The Core `git` repo and `svn` repo have mismatched methods for excluding
 files, which increases the burden of developing in the `git` repo and in
 generating the proper commits for the “build repo.”

 At the heart of this is the distinction between how `git`’s `.gitignore`
 contains patterns which apply recursively down the directory hierarchy,
 but `svn`’s `svn:ignore` //property// applies only to the directory on
 which it’s set.

 In [62155], part of the `.gitignore` was ported into a `svn:global-
 ignores` property, but only as much as was required to fix some broken
 pieces of the 7.0 release process.

 This ticket proposes three actions:

  - Audit all of the existing ignores in both repos to discover all
 discrepancies.
  - Move all `subversion` ignores out of per-directory properties and into
 a single global property.
  - Provide a new script or automation to raise issues when the ignore sets
 diverge.

 == Related

  - This first appeared during the work on #64393.
  - A `svn:global-ignores` property was introduced in [62155]

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