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   1svn-fe(1)
   2=========
   3
   4NAME
   5----
   6svn-fe - convert an SVN "dumpfile" to a fast-import stream
   7
   8SYNOPSIS
   9--------
  10svnadmin dump --incremental REPO | svn-fe [url] | git fast-import
  11
  12DESCRIPTION
  13-----------
  14
  15Converts a Subversion dumpfile into input suitable for
  16git-fast-import(1) and similar importers. REPO is a path to a
  17Subversion repository mirrored on the local disk. Remote Subversion
  18repositories can be mirrored on local disk using the `svnsync`
  19command.
  20
  21INPUT FORMAT
  22------------
  23Subversion's repository dump format is documented in full in
  24`notes/dump-load-format.txt` from the Subversion source tree.
  25Files in this format can be generated using the 'svnadmin dump' or
  26'svk admin dump' command.
  27
  28Dumps produced with 'svnadmin dump --deltas' (dumpfile format v3)
  29are not supported.
  30
  31OUTPUT FORMAT
  32-------------
  33The fast-import format is documented by the git-fast-import(1)
  34manual page.
  35
  36NOTES
  37-----
  38Subversion dumps do not record a separate author and committer for
  39each revision, nor a separate display name and email address for
  40each author.  Like git-svn(1), 'svn-fe' will use the name
  41
  42---------
  43user <user@UUID>
  44---------
  45
  46as committer, where 'user' is the value of the `svn:author` property
  47and 'UUID' the repository's identifier.
  48
  49To support incremental imports, 'svn-fe' puts a `git-svn-id` line at
  50the end of each commit log message if passed an url on the command
  51line.  This line has the form `git-svn-id: URL@REVNO UUID`.
  52
  53The resulting repository will generally require further processing
  54to put each project in its own repository and to separate the history
  55of each branch.  The 'git filter-branch --subdirectory-filter' command
  56may be useful for this purpose.
  57
  58BUGS
  59----
  60Empty directories and unknown properties are silently discarded.
  61
  62The exit status does not reflect whether an error was detected.
  63
  64SEE ALSO
  65--------
  66git-svn(1), svn2git(1), svk(1), git-filter-branch(1), git-fast-import(1),
  67https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/notes/dump-load-format.txt