From: Andrew Johnson <ajohnson@...>
Date: 2004-12-20T01:52:11+09:00
Subject: Re: FileUtils.cp_r - how to prune

On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 04:35:26 GMT, itsme213 <itsme213@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks, I'll keep that as a backup. But I should have been more explicit ...
> 
>> > I am doing
>> >     FileUtils.cp_r( "source/.",  "generated")
>> > to copy a directory tree.
>> >
>> > How can I prune out any sub_tree with /.svn/ ?
> 
> How can I prune out any sub_tree with /.svn/ in its path from even being
> copied over in the first place?

The easiest way is probably just to modify FileUtils.cp_r() to add an
":ignore => %r{}" option (and adjust fu_copy_dir() accordingly). A quick
glance looks like only a handful of lines would be affected/added.

andrew

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