SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-svnimport' [ -o <branch-for-HEAD> ] [ -h ] [ -v ]
- [ -C <GIT_repository> ] [ -i ] [ -u ]
+'git-svnimport' [ -o <branch-for-HEAD> ] [ -h ] [ -v ] [ -d | -D ]
+ [ -C <GIT_repository> ] [ -i ] [ -u ] [-l limit_nr_changes]
[ -b branch_subdir ] [ -t trunk_subdir ] [ -T tag_subdir ]
- [ -m ] [ -M regex ] [ <SVN_repository_URL> ]
+ [ -s start_chg ] [ -m ] [ -M regex ]
+ <SVN_repository_URL> [ <path> ]
DESCRIPTION
Other subdirectories are ignored.
git-svnimport creates a file ".git/svn2git", which is required for
-incremental SVN imports.
+incremental SVN imports.
OPTIONS
-------
The GIT repository to import to. If the directory doesn't
exist, it will be created. Default is the current directory.
+-s <start_rev>::
+ Start importing at this SVN change number. The default is 1.
++
+When importing incementally, you might need to edit the .git/svn2git file.
+
-i::
Import-only: don't perform a checkout after importing. This option
- ensures the working directory and cache remain untouched and will
+ ensures the working directory and index remain untouched and will
not create them if they do not exist.
-t <trunk_subdir>::
Name the SVN trunk. Default "trunk".
-
+
-T <tag_subdir>::
Name the SVN subdirectory for tags. Default "tags".
-
+
-b <branch_subdir>::
Name the SVN subdirectory for branches. Default "branches".
-
+
-o <branch-for-HEAD>::
The 'trunk' branch from SVN is imported to the 'origin' branch within
the git repository. Use this option if you want to import into a
different branch.
--m::
+-m::
Attempt to detect merges based on the commit message. This option
- will enable default regexes that try to capture the name source
- branch name from the commit message.
+ will enable default regexes that try to capture the name source
+ branch name from the commit message.
-M <regex>::
Attempt to detect merges based on the commit message with a custom
- regex. It can be used with -m to also see the default regexes.
- You must escape forward slashes.
+ regex. It can be used with -m to also see the default regexes.
+ You must escape forward slashes.
+
+-l <max_num_changes>::
+ Limit the number of SVN changesets we pull before quitting.
+ This option is necessary because the SVN library has serious memory
+ leaks; the recommended value for nontrivial imports is 100.
+
+ git-svnimport will still exit with a zero exit code. You can check
+ the size of the file ".git/svn2git" to determine whether to call
+ the importer again.
-v::
Verbosity: let 'svnimport' report what it is doing.
+-d::
+ Use direct HTTP requests if possible. The "<path>" argument is used
+ only for retrieving the SVN logs; the path to the contents is
+ included in the SVN log.
+
+-D::
+ Use direct HTTP requests if possible. The "<path>" argument is used
+ for retrieving the logs, as well as for the contents.
++
+There's no safe way to automatically find out which of these options to
+use, so you need to try both. Usually, the one that's wrong will die
+with a 40x error pretty quickly.
+
+<SVN_repository_URL>::
+ The URL of the SVN module you want to import. For local
+ repositories, use "file:///absolute/path".
++
+If you're using the "-d" or "-D" option, this is the URL of the SVN
+repository itself; it usually ends in "/svn".
+
<SVN_repository_URL>::
The URL of the SVN module you want to import. For local
repositories, use "file:///absolute/path".
+<path>
+ The path to the module you want to check out.
+
-h::
Print a short usage message and exit.