DESCRIPTION
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git-svn is a simple conduit for changesets between Subversion and git.
-It is not to be confused with gitlink:git-svnimport[1], which is
+It is not to be confused with linkgit:git-svnimport[1], which is
read-only.
git-svn was originally designed for an individual developer who wants a
repository (that has been init-ed with git-svn).
The -r<revision> option is required for this.
+'info'::
+ Shows information about a file or directory similar to what
+ `svn info' provides. Does not currently support a -r/--revision
+ argument. Use the --url option to output only the value of the
+ 'URL:' field.
+
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OPTIONS
--shared[={false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody}]::
--template=<template_directory>::
Only used with the 'init' command.
- These are passed directly to gitlink:git-init[1].
+ These are passed directly to linkgit:git-init[1].
-r <ARG>::
--revision <ARG>::
Only used with the 'dcommit', 'set-tree' and 'commit-diff' commands.
They are both passed directly to git-diff-tree see
-gitlink:git-diff-tree[1] for more information.
+linkgit:git-diff-tree[1] for more information.
[verse]
config key: svn.l
to fetch before repacking. This defaults to repacking every
1000 commits fetched if no argument is specified.
---repack-flags are passed directly to gitlink:git-repack[1].
+--repack-flags are passed directly to linkgit:git-repack[1].
[verse]
config key: svn.repack
BASIC EXAMPLES
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-Tracking and contributing to a the trunk of a Subversion-managed project:
+Tracking and contributing to the trunk of a Subversion-managed project:
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# Clone a repo (like git clone):
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# Do the initial import on a server
ssh server "cd /pub && git-svn clone http://svn.foo.org/project
-# Clone locally
- git clone server:/pub/project
-# Tell git-svn which branch contains the Subversion commits
- git update-ref refs/remotes/git-svn origin/master
+# Clone locally - make sure the refs/remotes/ space matches the server
+ mkdir project
+ cd project
+ git-init
+ git remote add origin server:/pub/project
+ git config --add remote.origin.fetch=+refs/remotes/*:refs/remotes/*
+ git fetch
# Initialize git-svn locally (be sure to use the same URL and -T/-b/-t options as were used on server)
git-svn init http://svn.foo.org/project
# Pull the latest changes from Subversion
DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
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Merge tracking in Subversion is lacking and doing branched development
-with Subversion is cumbersome as a result. git-svn does not do
-automated merge/branch tracking by default and leaves it entirely up to
-the user on the git side. git-svn does however follow copy
-history of the directory that it is tracking, however (much like
-how 'svn log' works).
+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
+users keep history as linear as possible inside git to ease
+compatibility with SVN (see the CAVEATS section below).
CAVEATS
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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
-gitlink:git-config[1]
+linkgit:git-config[1]
SEE ALSO
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-gitlink:git-rebase[1]
+linkgit:git-rebase[1]
Author
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