importing an svn repository

1. create a text file somewhere (~/Desktop/users.txt) to map the svn users to git users

   jdoe = John Doe <jdoe@example.com>

2. create a project directory, and change to it

   mkdir myproject.git
   cd myproject.git

3. initialize an empty git repository

   git svn init -s http://host/path/to/your/svn/repo/project/trunk --no-metadata

   • note the -s flag sets the default svn structure for /branches /tags /trunk; if this isn't how your repo is set up, you can use the -T -b -t flags
4. set up the user file for mapping

   git config svn.authorsfile ~/Desktop/users.txt

5. import the svn repository

   git svn fetch

6. sync with svn (like running svn update)

   git svn rebase

7. use the master branch to push to svn, and create git only branches for your local development
8. when you have a commit on the master branch ready to push to svn, do this

   git svn dcommit

9. since it takes so long to pull full svn history into a git repo, you may want to do this once and then set up a git repo that others can clone, if other users want to use git on a large project

To get in the right frame of mind, don't think of exporting your entire svn repository, but rather export project by project. Export the trunk of your projects and forget about the branches. If you need data from the branches, merge it first.

1. create a text file somewhere (~/Desktop/users.txt) to map the svn users to git users

   jdoe = John Doe <jdoe@example.com>

2. create a temporary project directory, and change to it

   mkdir myproject_tmp
   cd myproject_tmp

3. initialize an empty git repository

   git svn init http://host/path/to/your/svn/repo/project/trunk --no-metadata

4. set up the user file for mapping

   git config svn.authorsfile ~/Desktop/users.txt

5. import the svn repository

   git svn fetch

6. change up one directory, and clone this newly created repository (this cleans up all svn stuff)

   cd ..
   git clone myproject_tmp myproject

7. the myproject_tmp directory can now be removed, and the origin remote

   rm -Rf myproject_tmp
   cd myproject
   git remote rm origin

• http://www.simplisticcomplexity.com/2008/03/05/cleanly-migrate-your-subversion-repository-to-a-git-repository/