my 2 cents
a short cheat sheet of commands I used several times to migrate SVN-repositories to GIT… preparation sudo aptitude install subversion git-svn svn co https://my.server.private/repos/my_repo cd my_repo svn log q | grep v ‘^*$’ | cut -d ‘|’ -f 2 | … Read More »
git svn clone —stdlayout https://svnserver/repos/my_repo display info about the svn-connection: git svn info display all known branches: git branch -a create a local branch tracking an existing branch from SVN (NOTE: for the local branch you have to use a … Read More »
tracking a svn-repository using git-svn… usually, you want to be up to date with svn and thus use “git svn rebase” to fetch changes from SVN, but what to do if you don’t want to update to the latest revision … Read More »
a copy from google’s cache of one of the most useful articles about git and svn…
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, … Read More »
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: Git-SVN: Whys And Hows thanks!!