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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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Before Git v2.0, the default prefix was "" (no prefix). This meant that SVN-tracking refs were put at "refs/remotes/*", which is incompatible with how Git�s own remote-tracking refs are organized. If you still want the old default, you can get it by passing --prefix "" on the command line (--prefix="" may not work if your Perl�s Getopt::Long is < v2.37). | Before Git v2.0, the default prefix was "" (no prefix). This meant that SVN-tracking refs were put at "refs/remotes/*", which is incompatible with how Git�s own remote-tracking refs are organized. If you still want the old default, you can get it by passing --prefix "" on the command line (--prefix="" may not work if your Perl�s Getopt::Long is < 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. | |||
