SYNOPSIS
--------
-svnadmin dump --incremental REPO | svn-fe [url] | git fast-import
+[verse]
+mkfifo backchannel &&
+svnadmin dump --deltas REPO |
+ svn-fe [url] 3<backchannel |
+ git fast-import --cat-blob-fd=3 3>backchannel
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-Converts a Subversion dumpfile (version: 2) into input suitable for
+Converts a Subversion dumpfile into input suitable for
git-fast-import(1) and similar importers. REPO is a path to a
Subversion repository mirrored on the local disk. Remote Subversion
repositories can be mirrored on local disk using the `svnsync`
command.
+Note: this tool is very young. The details of its commandline
+interface may change in backward incompatible ways.
+
INPUT FORMAT
------------
Subversion's repository dump format is documented in full in
NOTES
-----
Subversion dumps do not record a separate author and committer for
-each revision, nor a separate display name and email address for
-each author. Like git-svn(1), 'svn-fe' will use the name
+each revision, nor do they record a separate display name and email
+address for each author. Like git-svn(1), 'svn-fe' will use the name
---------
user <user@UUID>
as committer, where 'user' is the value of the `svn:author` property
and 'UUID' the repository's identifier.
-To support incremental imports, 'svn-fe' will put a `git-svn-id`
-line at the end of each commit log message if passed an url on the
-command line. This line has the form `git-svn-id: URL@REVNO UUID`.
-
-Empty directories and unknown properties are silently discarded.
+To support incremental imports, 'svn-fe' puts a `git-svn-id` line at
+the end of each commit log message if passed a URL on the command
+line. This line has the form `git-svn-id: URL@REVNO UUID`.
The resulting repository will generally require further processing
to put each project in its own repository and to separate the history
-of each branch. The 'git filter-branch --subdirectory-filter' command
+of each branch. The 'git filter-repo --subdirectory-filter' command
may be useful for this purpose.
BUGS
----
-Litters the current working directory with .bin files for
-persistence. Will be fixed when the svn-fe infrastructure is aware of
-a Git working directory.
+Empty directories and unknown properties are silently discarded.
+
+The exit status does not reflect whether an error was detected.
SEE ALSO
--------
-git-svn(1), svn2git(1), svk(1), git-filter-branch(1), git-fast-import(1),
+git-svn(1), svn2git(1), svk(1), git-filter-repo(1), git-fast-import(1),
https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/notes/dump-load-format.txt