COMMANDS
--------
---
'init'::
Initializes an empty git repository with additional
Set the 'useSvnsyncProps' option in the [svn-remote] config.
--rewrite-root=<URL>;;
Set the 'rewriteRoot' option in the [svn-remote] config.
---use-log-author;;
- When retrieving svn commits into git (as part of fetch, rebase, or
- dcommit operations), look for the first From: or Signed-off-by: line
- in the log message and use that as the author string.
---add-author-from;;
- When committing to svn from git (as part of commit or dcommit
- operations), if the existing log message doesn't already have a
- From: or Signed-off-by: line, append a From: line based on the
- git commit's author string. If you use this, then --use-log-author
- will retrieve a valid author string for all commits.
--username=<USER>;;
For transports that SVN handles authentication for (http,
https, and plain svn), specify the username. For other
When passed to 'init' or 'clone' this regular expression will
be preserved as a config key. See 'fetch' for a description
of '--ignore-paths'.
+--no-minimize-url;;
+ When tracking multiple directories (using --stdlayout,
+ --branches, or --tags options), git svn will attempt to connect
+ to the root (or highest allowed level) of the Subversion
+ repository. This default allows better tracking of history if
+ entire projects are moved within a repository, but may cause
+ issues on repositories where read access restrictions are in
+ place. Passing '--no-minimize-url' will allow git svn to
+ accept URLs as-is without attempting to connect to a higher
+ level directory. This option is off by default when only
+ one URL/branch is tracked (it would do little good).
'fetch'::
Fetch unfetched revisions from the Subversion remote we are
Store Git commit times in the local timezone instead of UTC. This
makes 'git log' (even without --date=local) show the same times
that `svn log` would in the local timezone.
-
---parent;;
- Fetch only from the SVN parent of the current HEAD.
-
++
This doesn't interfere with interoperating with the Subversion
repository you cloned from, but if you wish for your local Git
repository to be able to interoperate with someone else's local Git
repository, either don't use this option or you should both use it in
the same local timezone.
+--parent;;
+ Fetch only from the SVN parent of the current HEAD.
+
--ignore-paths=<regex>;;
This allows one to specify a Perl regular expression that will
cause skipping of all matching paths from checkout from SVN.
The '--ignore-paths' option should match for every 'fetch'
(including automatic fetches due to 'clone', 'dcommit',
'rebase', etc) on a given repository.
-
++
+[verse]
config key: svn-remote.<name>.ignore-paths
-
- If the ignore-paths config key is set and the command
- line option is also given, both regular expressions
- will be used.
-
++
+If the ignore-paths config key is set and the command line option is
+also given, both regular expressions will be used.
++
Examples:
++
+--
+Skip "doc*" directory for every fetch;;
++
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+--ignore-paths="^doc"
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
- --ignore-paths="^doc" - skip "doc*" directory for every
- fetch.
+Skip "branches" and "tags" of first level directories;;
++
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+--ignore-paths="^[^/]+/(?:branches|tags)"
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+--
- --ignore-paths="^[^/]+/(?:branches|tags)" - skip
- "branches" and "tags" of first level directories.
+--use-log-author;;
+ When retrieving svn commits into git (as part of fetch, rebase, or
+ dcommit operations), look for the first From: or Signed-off-by: line
+ in the log message and use that as the author string.
+--add-author-from;;
+ When committing to svn from git (as part of commit or dcommit
+ operations), if the existing log message doesn't already have a
+ From: or Signed-off-by: line, append a From: line based on the
+ git commit's author string. If you use this, then --use-log-author
+ will retrieve a valid author string for all commits.
'clone'::
Runs 'init' and 'fetch'. It will automatically create a
or if a second argument is passed; it will create a directory
and work within that. It accepts all arguments that the
'init' and 'fetch' commands accept; with the exception of
- '--fetch-all'. After a repository is cloned, the 'fetch'
- command will be able to update revisions without affecting
- the working tree; and the 'rebase' command will be able
- to update the working tree with the latest changes.
+ '--fetch-all' and '--parent'. After a repository is cloned,
+ the 'fetch' command will be able to update revisions without
+ affecting the working tree; and the 'rebase' command will be
+ able to update the working tree with the latest changes.
'rebase'::
This fetches revisions from the SVN parent of the current HEAD
and rebases the current (uncommitted to SVN) work against it.
-
++
This works similarly to `svn update` or 'git pull' except that
it preserves linear history with 'git rebase' instead of
'git merge' for ease of dcommitting with 'git svn'.
-
++
This accepts all options that 'git svn fetch' and 'git rebase'
accept. However, '--fetch-all' only fetches from the current
[svn-remote], and not all [svn-remote] definitions.
-
++
Like 'git rebase'; this requires that the working tree be clean
and have no uncommitted changes.
method (e.g. `svn://` or `http://` for anonymous read) to be
reused if a user is later given access to an alternate transport
method (e.g. `svn+ssh://` or `https://`) for commit.
-
++
+[verse]
config key: svn-remote.<name>.commiturl
-
config key: svn.commiturl (overwrites all svn-remote.<name>.commiturl options)
-
- Using this option for any other purpose (don't ask)
- is very strongly discouraged.
---
++
+Using this option for any other purpose (don't ask) is very strongly
+discouraged.
'branch'::
Create a branch in the SVN repository.
The following features from `svn log' are supported:
+
--
--r/--revision=<n>[:<n>];;
+-r <n>[:<n>];;
+--revision=<n>[:<n>];;
is supported, non-numeric args are not:
HEAD, NEXT, BASE, PREV, etc ...
--v/--verbose;;
+-v;;
+--verbose;;
it's not completely compatible with the --verbose
output in svn log, but reasonably close.
--limit=<n>;;
changes that haven't been committed to SVN (including local
working-copy edits) are shown as revision 0.
---
'find-rev'::
When given an SVN revision number of the form 'rN', returns the
corresponding git commit hash (this can optionally be followed by a
directories. The output is suitable for appending to
the $GIT_DIR/info/exclude file.
+'mkdirs'::
+ Attempts to recreate empty directories that core git cannot track
+ based on information in $GIT_DIR/svn/<refname>/unhandled.log files.
+ Empty directories are automatically recreated when using
+ "git svn clone" and "git svn rebase", so "mkdirs" is intended
+ for use after commands like "git checkout" or "git reset".
+
'commit-diff'::
Commits the diff of two tree-ish arguments from the
command-line. This command does not rely on being inside an `git svn
Shows the Subversion externals. Use -r/--revision to specify a
specific revision.
+'gc'::
+ Compress $GIT_DIR/svn/<refname>/unhandled.log files in .git/svn
+ and remove $GIT_DIR/svn/<refname>index files in .git/svn.
+
'reset'::
Undoes the effects of 'fetch' back to the specified revision.
This allows you to re-'fetch' an SVN revision. Normally the
"checksum mismatch" (missed a modification). If the problem
file cannot be ignored forever (with --ignore-paths) the only
way to repair the repo is to use 'reset'.
-
++
Only the rev_map and refs/remotes/git-svn are changed. Follow 'reset'
with a 'fetch' and then 'git reset' or 'git rebase' to move local
branches onto the new tree.
--r/--revision=<n>;;
+-r <n>;;
+--revision=<n>;;
Specify the most recent revision to keep. All later revisions
are discarded.
--p/--parent;;
+-p;;
+--parent;;
Discard the specified revision as well, keeping the nearest
parent instead.
Example:;;
Assume you have local changes in "master", but you need to refetch "r2".
-
++
------------
r1---r2---r3 remotes/git-svn
\
A---B master
------------
-
++
Fix the ignore-paths or SVN permissions problem that caused "r2" to
be incomplete in the first place. Then:
-
++
[verse]
git svn reset -r2 -p
git svn fetch
-
++
------------
r1---r2'--r3' remotes/git-svn
\
r2---r3---A---B master
------------
-
++
Then fixup "master" with 'git rebase'.
Do NOT use 'git merge' or your history will not be compatible with a
future 'dcommit'!
-
++
[verse]
git rebase --onto remotes/git-svn A^ master
-
++
------------
r1---r2'--r3' remotes/git-svn
\
A'--B' master
------------
-
---
-
OPTIONS
-------
---
--shared[={false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody}]::
--template=<template_directory>::
-r <ARG>::
--revision <ARG>::
-
-Used with the 'fetch' command.
-
+ Used with the 'fetch' command.
++
This allows revision ranges for partial/cauterized history
to be supported. $NUMBER, $NUMBER1:$NUMBER2 (numeric ranges),
$NUMBER:HEAD, and BASE:$NUMBER are all supported.
-
++
This can allow you to make partial mirrors when running fetch;
but is generally not recommended because history will be skipped
and lost.
-::
--stdin::
-
-Only used with the 'set-tree' command.
-
+ Only used with the 'set-tree' command.
++
Read a list of commits from stdin and commit them in reverse
order. Only the leading sha1 is read from each line, so
'git rev-list --pretty=oneline' output can be used.
--rmdir::
-
-Only used with the 'dcommit', 'set-tree' and 'commit-diff' commands.
-
+ Only used with the 'dcommit', 'set-tree' and 'commit-diff' commands.
++
Remove directories from the SVN tree if there are no files left
behind. SVN can version empty directories, and they are not
removed by default if there are no files left in them. git
cannot version empty directories. Enabling this flag will make
the commit to SVN act like git.
-
++
+[verse]
config key: svn.rmdir
-e::
--edit::
-
-Only used with the 'dcommit', 'set-tree' and 'commit-diff' commands.
-
+ Only used with the 'dcommit', 'set-tree' and 'commit-diff' commands.
++
Edit the commit message before committing to SVN. This is off by
default for objects that are commits, and forced on when committing
tree objects.
-
++
+[verse]
config key: svn.edit
-l<num>::
--find-copies-harder::
-
-Only used with the 'dcommit', 'set-tree' and 'commit-diff' commands.
-
+ Only used with the 'dcommit', 'set-tree' and 'commit-diff' commands.
++
They are both passed directly to 'git diff-tree'; see
linkgit:git-diff-tree[1] for more information.
-
++
[verse]
config key: svn.l
config key: svn.findcopiesharder
-A<filename>::
--authors-file=<filename>::
-
-Syntax is compatible with the file used by 'git cvsimport':
-
+ Syntax is compatible with the file used by 'git cvsimport':
++
------------------------------------------------------------------------
loginname = Joe User <user@example.com>
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
++
If this option is specified and 'git svn' encounters an SVN
committer name that does not exist in the authors-file, 'git svn'
will abort operation. The user will then have to add the
appropriate entry. Re-running the previous 'git svn' command
after the authors-file is modified should continue operation.
-
++
+[verse]
config key: svn.authorsfile
--authors-prog=<filename>::
-
-If this option is specified, for each SVN committer name that does not
-exist in the authors file, the given file is executed with the committer
-name as the first argument. The program is expected to return a single
-line of the form "Name <email>", which will be treated as if included in
-the authors file.
+ If this option is specified, for each SVN committer name that
+ does not exist in the authors file, the given file is executed
+ with the committer name as the first argument. The program is
+ expected to return a single line of the form "Name <email>",
+ which will be treated as if included in the authors file.
-q::
--quiet::
--repack[=<n>]::
--repack-flags=<flags>::
-
-These should help keep disk usage sane for large fetches
-with many revisions.
-
+ These should help keep disk usage sane for large fetches with
+ many revisions.
++
--repack takes an optional argument for the number of revisions
to fetch before repacking. This defaults to repacking every
1000 commits fetched if no argument is specified.
-
++
--repack-flags are passed directly to 'git repack'.
-
++
[verse]
config key: svn.repack
config key: svn.repackflags
--merge::
-s<strategy>::
--strategy=<strategy>::
-
-These are only used with the 'dcommit' and 'rebase' commands.
-
+ These are only used with the 'dcommit' and 'rebase' commands.
++
Passed directly to 'git rebase' when using 'dcommit' if a
'git reset' cannot be used (see 'dcommit').
-n::
--dry-run::
-
-This can be used with the 'dcommit', 'rebase', 'branch' and 'tag'
-commands.
-
+ This can be used with the 'dcommit', 'rebase', 'branch' and
+ 'tag' commands.
++
For 'dcommit', print out the series of git arguments that would show
which diffs would be committed to SVN.
-
++
For 'rebase', display the local branch associated with the upstream svn
repository associated with the current branch and the URL of svn
repository that will be fetched from.
-
++
For 'branch' and 'tag', display the urls that will be used for copying when
creating the branch or tag.
---
ADVANCED OPTIONS
----------------
---
-i<GIT_SVN_ID>::
--id <GIT_SVN_ID>::
-
-This sets GIT_SVN_ID (instead of using the environment). This
-allows the user to override the default refname to fetch from
-when tracking a single URL. The 'log' and 'dcommit' commands
-no longer require this switch as an argument.
+ This sets GIT_SVN_ID (instead of using the environment). This
+ allows the user to override the default refname to fetch from
+ when tracking a single URL. The 'log' and 'dcommit' commands
+ no longer require this switch as an argument.
-R<remote name>::
--svn-remote <remote name>::
started tracking a branch and never tracked the trunk it was
descended from. This feature is enabled by default, use
--no-follow-parent to disable it.
-
++
+[verse]
config key: svn.followparent
---
CONFIG FILE-ONLY OPTIONS
------------------------
---
svn.noMetadata::
svn-remote.<name>.noMetadata::
-
-This gets rid of the 'git-svn-id:' lines at the end of every commit.
-
+ This gets rid of the 'git-svn-id:' lines at the end of every commit.
++
If you lose your .git/svn/git-svn/.rev_db file, 'git svn' will not
be able to rebuild it and you won't be able to fetch again,
either. This is fine for one-shot imports.
-
++
The 'git svn log' command will not work on repositories using
this, either. Using this conflicts with the 'useSvmProps'
option for (hopefully) obvious reasons.
svn.useSvmProps::
svn-remote.<name>.useSvmProps::
-
-This allows 'git svn' to re-map repository URLs and UUIDs from
-mirrors created using SVN::Mirror (or svk) for metadata.
-
+ This allows 'git svn' to re-map repository URLs and UUIDs from
+ mirrors created using SVN::Mirror (or svk) for metadata.
++
If an SVN revision has a property, "svm:headrev", it is likely
that the revision was created by SVN::Mirror (also used by SVK).
The property contains a repository UUID and a revision. We want
metadata so users of it will see the public URL.
svn.brokenSymlinkWorkaround::
-This disables potentially expensive checks to workaround broken symlinks
-checked into SVN by broken clients. Set this option to "false" if you
-track a SVN repository with many empty blobs that are not symlinks.
-This option may be changed while 'git svn' is running and take effect on
-the next revision fetched. If unset, 'git svn' assumes this option to be
-"true".
-
---
+ This disables potentially expensive checks to workaround
+ broken symlinks checked into SVN by broken clients. Set this
+ option to "false" if you track a SVN repository with many
+ empty blobs that are not symlinks. This option may be changed
+ while 'git svn' is running and take effect on the next
+ revision fetched. If unset, 'git svn' assumes this option to
+ be "true".
Since the noMetadata, rewriteRoot, useSvnsyncProps and useSvmProps
options all affect the metadata generated and used by 'git svn'; they
that is a mirror of an SVN branch, 'dcommit' may commit to the wrong
branch.
+If you do merge, note the following rule: 'git svn dcommit' will
+attempt to commit on top of the SVN commit named in
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+git log --grep=^git-svn-id: --first-parent -1
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+You 'must' therefore ensure that the most recent commit of the branch
+you want to dcommit to is the 'first' parent of the merge. Chaos will
+ensue otherwise, especially if the first parent is an older commit on
+the same SVN branch.
+
'git clone' does not clone branches under the refs/remotes/ hierarchy or
any 'git svn' metadata, or config. So repositories created and managed with
using 'git svn' should use 'rsync' for cloning, if cloning is to be done