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This version of GitHub Enterprise was discontinued on 2023-03-15. No patch releases will be made, even for critical security issues. For better performance, improved security, and new features, upgrade to the latest version of GitHub Enterprise. For help with the upgrade, contact GitHub Enterprise support.

Subversion properties supported by GitHub

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

Note: Subversion support will be removed from GitHub on January 8, 2024. A future release of GitHub Enterprise Server after January 8, 2024 will also remove Subversion support. To read more about this, 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.