proved pipeline runs correctly, reinstated the commit to SVN step, and the master branch filter

.gitea/workflows/sync-to-svn.yaml

@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@
 #   SVN_REPO_URL  – Base SVN repo URL (e.g. https://svn.example.com/repos/myproject)
 
 name: Sync to SVN
-on: [push]
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
 
 jobs:
   push-to-svn:
@@ -51,3 +54,24 @@ jobs:
             --exclude='.svn/' \
             --exclude='svn-branch/' \
             . svn-branch/
+      - name: Stage and commit to SVN
+        run: |
+          cd svn-branch
+
+          # Add all new/unversioned files and directories in one pass
+          svn add --force .
+
+          # Delete files removed from git (handles paths with spaces).
+          # '|| true' prevents pipefail aborting when grep finds no '!' lines.
+          svn status | grep '^!' | while IFS= read -r line; do
+            svn delete "${line:8}@"
+          done || true
+
+          # Attempt commit; svn commit exits 0 silently when nothing changed
+          svn commit \
+            --username "${{ secrets.SVN_USERNAME }}" \
+            --password "${{ secrets.SVN_PASSWORD }}" \
+            --no-auth-cache \
+            --non-interactive \
+            --trust-server-cert \
+            -m "Gitea CI sync from commit ${{ github.sha }} [ci skip]"