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Re: Can someone confirm what the contents of refs/heads/master means?

From
Björn Steinbrink <b.steinbrink@gmx.de>
Date
Dec 8, 2008, 21:26 UTC
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<20081208212636.GA6061@atjola.homenet>
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On 2008.12.08 11:23:46 -0800, davetron5000 wrote:
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> I'm using git-svn to interact with an SVN repo that has branches.
> 
> After my clone via:
> 
> git svn clone $REPO/main -T trunk -b branches -t tags
> 
> my 'master' branch pointed to one of the branches in svn and not to
> the main trunk. (my .git/config looked correct for svn interaction,
> i.e. trunk pointed to the right place).

Just to clear up that bit as well. when the "fetch" finishes (which is part of the clone process), git-svn checks if there is a master branch, and if not, it creates one from the last commit it created. So if your last svn commit was to branch XYZ and not to trunk, master will reference that commit on branch XYZ.

Björn
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  1. davetron5000Dec 8, 2008
  2. Peter HarrisDec 8, 2008
  3. David CopelandDec 8, 2008
  4. Peter HarrisDec 8, 2008
  5. Björn SteinbrinkDec 8, 2008
  6. David CopelandDec 8, 2008

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