my 2 cents
Posts tagged ‘git-svn’
NOTE: this is just a copy of a blog-posting originally written by Amit Upadhyay. Since I found it really useful, I was rather disappointed to notice it has gone one day. Thankfully it still was in google’s cache, so I decided to make a copy. The rest of the article is a full-quote: Continue reading ‘cached: git-SVN: Whys And Hows (by amitu)’ »
first, update to current HEAD:
git svn rebase |
then, look for the appropriate hash-name in git corresponding to the svn-revision:
git log | grep -C 5 "my-desired-revision" |
switching to the revision is done by a checkout:
git co f914a51a99f09aa609f253fb24a5adcfe0014461 |
then, do your work, e.g. compiling…
to switch back, clean up the changes caused by your work:
git clean -df git reset --hard |
final step is to switch to the “master” branch, which contains the HEAD revision:
git co master |
by far the best article I’ve read for somebody used to subversion (and tied to an SVN-repo) who wants to use git locally:
thanks!!