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If you use <code>git-svn</code> | If you try to use <code>git-svn</code> to convert to git you'll want to be aware of the --prefix option to <code>git init</code>. From the [https://git-scm.com/docs/git-svn the manual] | ||
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--prefix=<prefix> | --prefix=<prefix><br /> | ||
This allows one to specify a prefix which is prepended to the names of remotes if trunk/branches/tags are specified. The prefix does not automatically include a trailing slash, so be sure you include one in the argument if that is what you want. If --branches/-b is specified, the prefix must include a trailing slash. Setting a prefix (with a trailing slash) is strongly encouraged in any case, as your SVN- | This allows one to specify a prefix which is prepended to the names of remotes if trunk/branches/tags are specified. The prefix does not automatically include a trailing slash, so be sure you include one in the argument if that is what you want. If --branches/-b is specified, the prefix must include a trailing slash. Setting a prefix (with a trailing slash) is strongly encouraged in any case, as your SVN--tracking ref layout (refs/remotes/$remote/). Setting a prefix is also useful if you wish to track multiple projects that share a common repository. By default, the prefix is set to origin/. | ||
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Before Git v2.0, the default prefix was "" (no prefix). This meant that SVN- | Before Git v2.0, the default prefix was "" (no prefix). This meant that SVN--tracking refs are organized. If you still want the old default, you can get it by passing --prefix "" on the command line (--< v2.37). | ||
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== Bottom Line == | |||
In all but the most trivial cases, git-svn is not adequate as a conversion tool. See http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=6778, and also http://www.catb.org/~esr/reposurgeon/features.html for a run-down of the top contenders (and where they fall short). | |||
[[Reposurgeon]] is the best conversion tool for migrating from Subversion to Git. | |||
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Latest revision as of 08:52, 29 December 2018
If you try to use git-svn to convert to git you'll want to be aware of the --prefix option to git init. From the the manual
--prefix=<prefix>
This allows one to specify a prefix which is prepended to the names of remotes if trunk/branches/tags are specified. The prefix does not automatically include a trailing slash, so be sure you include one in the argument if that is what you want. If --branches/-b is specified, the prefix must include a trailing slash. Setting a prefix (with a trailing slash) is strongly encouraged in any case, as your SVN--tracking ref layout (refs/remotes/$remote/). Setting a prefix is also useful if you wish to track multiple projects that share a common repository. By default, the prefix is set to origin/.Note Before Git v2.0, the default prefix was "" (no prefix). This meant that SVN--tracking refs are organized. If you still want the old default, you can get it by passing --prefix "" on the command line (--< v2.37).
Bottom Line
In all but the most trivial cases, git-svn is not adequate as a conversion tool. See http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=6778, and also http://www.catb.org/~esr/reposurgeon/features.html for a run-down of the top contenders (and where they fall short).
Reposurgeon is the best conversion tool for migrating from Subversion to Git.
