DESCRIPTION
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-`git-svn` is a simple conduit for changesets between Subversion and git.
-It is not to be confused with linkgit:git-svnimport[1], which is
-read-only.
+'git-svn' is a simple conduit for changesets between Subversion and git.
+It provides a bidirectional flow of changes between a Subversion and a git
+respository.
-`git-svn` was originally designed for an individual developer who wants a
-bidirectional flow of changesets between a single branch in Subversion
-and an arbitrary number of branches in git. Since its inception,
-`git-svn` has gained the ability to track multiple branches in a manner
-similar to `git-svnimport`.
+'git-svn' can track a single Subversion branch simply by using a
+URL to the branch, follow branches laid out in the Subversion recommended
+method (trunk, branches, tags directories) with the --stdlayout option, or
+follow branches in any layout with the -T/-t/-b options (see options to
+'init' below, and also the 'clone' command).
-`git-svn` is especially useful when it comes to tracking repositories
-not organized in the way Subversion developers recommend (trunk,
-branches, tags directories).
+Once tracking a Subversion branch (with any of the above methods), the git
+repository can be updated from Subversion by the 'fetch' command and
+Subversion updated from git by the 'dcommit' command.
COMMANDS
--------
'init'::
Initializes an empty git repository with additional
- metadata directories for `git-svn`. The Subversion URL
+ metadata directories for 'git-svn'. The Subversion URL
may be specified as a command-line argument, or as full
URL arguments to -T/-t/-b. Optionally, the target
directory to operate on can be specified as a second
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 dcommiting with `git-svn`.
+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 dcommiting with 'git-svn'.
-This accepts all options that `git-svn fetch` and `git-rebase`
+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
+Like 'git-rebase'; this requires that the working tree be clean
and have no uncommitted changes.
-l;;
--local;;
- Do not fetch remotely; only run `git-rebase` against the
+ Do not fetch remotely; only run 'git-rebase' against the
last fetched commit from the upstream SVN.
'dcommit'::
repository, and then rebase or reset (depending on whether or
not there is a diff between SVN and head). This will create
a revision in SVN for each commit in git.
- It is recommended that you run `git-svn` fetch and rebase (not
+ It is recommended that you run 'git-svn' fetch and rebase (not
pull or merge) your commits against the latest changes in the
SVN repository.
An optional command-line argument may be specified as an
client converts the UTC time to the local time (or based on the TZ=
environment). This command has the same behaviour.
+
-Any other arguments are passed directly to `git-log`
+Any other arguments are passed directly to 'git-log'
'blame'::
Show what revision and author last modified each line of a file. The
`svn blame' by default. Like the SVN blame command,
local uncommitted changes in the working copy are ignored;
the version of the file in the HEAD revision is annotated. Unknown
- arguments are passed directly to `git-blame`.
+ arguments are passed directly to 'git-blame'.
+
--git-format;;
- Produce output in the same format as `git-blame`, but with
+ Produce output in the same format as 'git-blame', but with
SVN revision numbers instead of git commit hashes. In this mode,
changes that haven't been committed to SVN (including local
working-copy edits) are shown as revision 0.
absolutely no attempts to do patching when committing to SVN, it
simply overwrites files with those specified in the tree or
commit. All merging is assumed to have taken place
- independently of `git-svn` functions.
+ independently of 'git-svn' functions.
'create-ignore'::
Recursively finds the svn:ignore property on directories and
'commit-diff'::
Commits the diff of two tree-ish arguments from the
- command-line. This command is intended for interoperability with
- `git-svnimport` and does not rely on being inside an `git-svn
+ command-line. This command does not rely on being inside an `git-svn
init`-ed repository. This command takes three arguments, (a) the
original tree to diff against, (b) the new tree result, (c) the
URL of the target Subversion repository. The final argument
- (URL) may be omitted if you are working from a `git-svn`-aware
- repository (that has been `init`-ed with `git-svn`).
+ (URL) may be omitted if you are working from a 'git-svn'-aware
+ repository (that has been `init`-ed with 'git-svn').
The -r<revision> option is required for this.
'info'::
--shared[={false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody}]::
--template=<template_directory>::
Only used with the 'init' command.
- These are passed directly to `git-init`.
+ These are passed directly to 'git-init'.
-r <ARG>::
--revision <ARG>::
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.
+'git-rev-list --pretty=oneline' output can be used.
--rmdir::
Only used with the 'dcommit', 'set-tree' and 'commit-diff' commands.
-They are both passed directly to `git-diff-tree`; see
+They are both passed directly to 'git-diff-tree'; see
linkgit:git-diff-tree[1] for more information.
[verse]
-A<filename>::
--authors-file=<filename>::
-Syntax is compatible with the files used by `git-svnimport` and
-`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`
+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
+appropriate entry. Re-running the previous 'git-svn' command
after the authors-file is modified should continue operation.
config key: svn.authorsfile
-q::
--quiet::
- Make `git-svn` less verbose.
+ Make 'git-svn' less verbose.
--repack[=<n>]::
--repack-flags=<flags>::
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`.
+--repack-flags are passed directly to 'git-repack'.
[verse]
config key: svn.repack
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').
+Passed directly to 'git-rebase' when using 'dcommit' if a
+'git-reset' cannot be used (see 'dcommit').
-n::
--dry-run::
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
+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
+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
+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
svn-remote.<name>.rewriteRoot::
This allows users to create repositories from alternate
- URLs. For example, an administrator could run `git-svn` on the
+ URLs. For example, an administrator could run 'git-svn' on the
server locally (accessing via file://) but wish to distribute
the repository with a public http:// or svn:// URL in the
metadata so users of it will see the public URL.
--
Since the noMetadata, rewriteRoot, useSvnsyncProps and useSvmProps
-options all affect the metadata generated and used by `git-svn`; they
+options all affect the metadata generated and used by 'git-svn'; they
*must* be set in the configuration file before any history is imported
and these settings should never be changed once they are set.
# of dcommit/rebase/show-ignore should be the same as above.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-The initial `git-svn clone` can be quite time-consuming
+The initial 'git-svn clone' can be quite time-consuming
(especially for large Subversion repositories). If multiple
people (or one person with multiple machines) want to use
-`git-svn` to interact with the same Subversion repository, you can
-do the initial `git-svn clone` to a repository on a server and
-have each person clone that repository with `git-clone`:
+'git-svn' to interact with the same Subversion repository, you can
+do the initial 'git-svn clone' to a repository on a server and
+have each person clone that repository with 'git-clone':
------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Do the initial import on a server
REBASE VS. PULL/MERGE
---------------------
-Originally, `git-svn` recommended that the 'remotes/git-svn' branch be
+Originally, 'git-svn' recommended that the 'remotes/git-svn' branch be
pulled or merged from. This is because the author favored
`git svn set-tree B` to commit a single head rather than the
`git svn set-tree A..B` notation to commit multiple commits.
DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
-----------------
Merge tracking in Subversion is lacking and doing branched development
-with Subversion can be cumbersome as a result. While `git-svn` can track
+with Subversion can be cumbersome as a result. While 'git-svn' can track
copy history (including branches and tags) for repositories adopting a
standard layout, it cannot yet represent merge history that happened
inside git back upstream to SVN users. Therefore it is advised that
-------
For the sake of simplicity and interoperating with a less-capable system
-(SVN), it is recommended that all `git-svn` users clone, fetch and dcommit
-directly from the SVN server, and avoid all `git-clone`/`pull`/`merge`/`push`
+(SVN), it is recommended that all 'git-svn' users clone, fetch and dcommit
+directly from the SVN server, and avoid all 'git-clone'/'pull'/'merge'/'push'
operations between git repositories and branches. The recommended
method of exchanging code between git branches and users is
-`git-format-patch` and `git-am`, or just 'dcommit'ing to the SVN repository.
+'git-format-patch' and 'git-am', or just 'dcommit'ing to the SVN repository.
-Running `git-merge` or `git-pull` is NOT recommended on a branch you
+Running 'git-merge' or 'git-pull' is NOT recommended on a branch you
plan to 'dcommit' from. Subversion does not represent merges in any
reasonable or useful fashion; so users using Subversion cannot see any
merges you've made. Furthermore, if you merge or pull from a git branch
that is a mirror of an SVN branch, 'dcommit' may commit to the wrong
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
+'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
at all.
-Since 'dcommit' uses rebase internally, any git branches you `git-push` to
+Since 'dcommit' uses rebase internally, any git branches you 'git-push' to
before 'dcommit' on will require forcing an overwrite of the existing ref
on the remote repository. This is generally considered bad practice,
see the linkgit:git-push[1] documentation for details.
CONFIGURATION
-------------
-`git-svn` stores [svn-remote] configuration information in the
+'git-svn' stores [svn-remote] configuration information in the
repository .git/config file. It is similar the core git
[remote] sections except 'fetch' keys do not accept glob
arguments; but they are instead handled by the 'branches'
however the remote wildcard may be anywhere as long as it's own
independent path component (surrounded by '/' or EOL). This
type of configuration is not automatically created by 'init' and
-should be manually entered with a text-editor or using `git-config`.
+should be manually entered with a text-editor or using 'git-config'.
SEE ALSO
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