Re: git-svn branch naming question

From: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
Date: Dec 8, 2007, 23:52 UTC
Message-ID: <20071208235248.GK3199@genesis.frugalware.org>
In-Reply-To: <20071208165657.GC2844@xp.machine.xx>

On Sat, Dec 08, 2007 at 05:56:57PM +0100, Peter Baumann <waste.manager@gmx.de> wrote:

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>  On the other hand you could forget completly the remote part by specifying
> 
>   [svn-remote "svn"]
>         url = https://url/to/your/svn/repo
>         fetch = trunk:refs/heads/trunk
>         branches = branches/*:refs/heads/*
>         tags = tags/*:refs/heads/tags/*
> 
> but I advice you to not do this. refs/remotes has a special meaning in git,
> e.g.  you can't commit directly to it (which makes sense, because it only
> tracks the state of the remote repo. On the other hand remote branches won't
> get cloned per default.)

yes, that's exactly what i want to do - in case the target is to convert an svn repo to a git one (and i need git-svn since git-svnimport is to be removed in 1.5.4)

thanks,
- VMiklos