Ignore exisiting directory in subverion Rails repo

I needed to ignore the log directory of an existing Rails app I had checked out:

svn up
svn delete log
svn commit -m 'removed log dir'
mkdir log
svn add --non-recursive log
svn propset svn:ignore "*" log/
svn commit -m "Add log dir, ignore contents"

With a little help from:
http://rails.wincent.com/wiki/Checking_a_new_Rails_application_into_an_existing_Subversion_repository