Index: subversion/bindings/swig/python/tests/wc.py
===================================================================
--- subversion/bindings/swig/python/tests/wc.py	(revision 20246)
+++ subversion/bindings/swig/python/tests/wc.py	(working copy)
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@
         
       self.assertEqual(['', 'tags', 'branches', 'trunk'], entries.keys())
 
+  def test_get_ignores(self):
+      self.assert_(isinstance(wc.get_ignores(None, self.wc), list))
+
   def tearDown(self):
       wc.adm_close(self.wc)
       shutil.rmtree(self.path)
Index: subversion/bindings/swig/svn_wc.i
===================================================================
--- subversion/bindings/swig/svn_wc.i	(revision 20246)
+++ subversion/bindings/swig/svn_wc.i	(working copy)
@@ -190,6 +190,20 @@
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef SWIGPYTHON
+%typemap(in, numinputs=0)
+     apr_array_header_t **patterns (apr_array_header_t *temp)
+{
+  $1 = &temp;
+}
+%typemap(argout, fragment="t_output_helper")
+     apr_array_header_t **patterns
+{
+  $result = t_output_helper($result,
+                          svn_swig_py_array_to_list(*$1));
+}
+#endif
+
 /* -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    apr_array_header_t *wcprop_changes
    svn_wc_process_committed2()