From: Eric Wong Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:38:18 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] svn: allow git-svn to update remotes outside of refs/remotes Message-ID: <20090810083818.GB8698@dcvr.yhbt.net> In-Reply-To: <1249350039-7338-4-git-send-email-adambrewster@gmail.com> Adam Brewster wrote: > It may be convenient for some users to store svn remote tracking > branches outside of the refs/remotes/ heirarchy. [1] and [2] indicate > that there is interest in making this possible. > > [1] http://www.gitready.com/advanced/2009/02/16/convert-git-svn-tag-branches-to-real-tags.html > [2] http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git/2007/8/30/256359 I definitely agree with the direction of this... We'll need a mechanism for migrating existing repos from .git/svn/foo/* => .git/svn/refs/remotes/foo/* to avoid breaking things for people with existing repos. I guess that's why you've been looking at (and helping fix) the migrate test :) -- Eric Wong