Re: [PATCH] Documentation: git-svn: fix example for centralized SVN clone
Jan Krüger <jk@jk.gs> wrote:
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> The example that tells users how to centralize the effort of the initial
> git svn clone operation doesn't work properly. It uses rebase but that
> only works if HEAD exists. This adds one extra command to create a
> somewhat sensible HEAD that should work in all cases.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Krüger <jk@jk.gs>
> ---
> I have a feeling this looks a bit ugly, but I can't think of a simpler
> solution (especially since we're not fetching the central repo's HEAD).
> Still, it's certainly better than a broken example.
*shrug* Seems alright with me.
Adam wrote the original example, maybe he knows better.
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> Documentation/git-svn.txt | 2 ++
> 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
> index 84c8f3c..ba94cd1 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
> @@ -544,6 +544,8 @@ have each person clone that repository with 'git-clone':
> git remote add origin server:/pub/project
> git config --add remote.origin.fetch '+refs/remotes/*:refs/remotes/*'
> git fetch
> +# Create a local branch from one of the branches just fetched
> + git checkout -b master FETCH_HEAD
> # Initialize git-svn locally (be sure to use the same URL and -T/-b/-t options as were used on server)
> git svn init http://svn.example.com/project
> # Pull the latest changes from Subversion
> --
> 1.6.0.3.578.g6a50
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Eric Wong