Git profile project in an SVN Drupal site

Note: This approach should be considered deprecated in favor of a pure Git system.

For installing the SCF profile for use as part of an existing site managed in SVN:

Git it:
http://sciencecollaboration.org/node/5

cd profiles/
git clone git@github.com:scf/scf.git
svn propset svn:ignore .git .
svn add scf
"Science Collaboration Framework (scf) profile added."

It adds cruft and weight, but now there will be a place to add modules (Drupal contributed and custom) of general use to SCF community sites.

the SVN propset described here
http://sdesmedt.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/how-to-make-subversion-ignore-files-and-folders/
and used above did not work.

Resolution