1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch/svn.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch/svn.py
index 34f8132257..c236e413fd 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch/svn.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch/svn.py
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ class Svn(Fetch):
         os.chdir(ud.pkgdir)
         # tar them up to a defined filename
         try:
-            runfetchcmd("tar -czf %s %s" % (ud.localpath, ud.module), d)
+            runfetchcmd("tar --exclude '.svn' -czf %s %s" % (ud.localpath, ud.module), d)
         except:
             t, v, tb = sys.exc_info()
             try: