1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch/svn.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch/svn.py
index dc35c9d121..8f053abf74 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch/svn.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch/svn.py
@@ -151,10 +151,16 @@ class Svn(Fetch):
             logger.debug(1, "Running %s", svnfetchcmd)
             runfetchcmd(svnfetchcmd, d)
 
+        scmdata = ud.parm.get("scmdata", "")
+        if scmdata == "keep":
+            tar_flags = ""
+        else:
+            tar_flags = "--exclude '.svn'"
+
         os.chdir(ud.pkgdir)
         # tar them up to a defined filename
         try:
-            runfetchcmd("tar --exclude '.svn' -czf %s %s" % (ud.localpath, ud.module), d)
+            runfetchcmd("tar %s -czf %s %s" % (tar_flags, ud.localpath, ud.module), d)
         except:
             t, v, tb = sys.exc_info()
             try: