From: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 23:33:38 GMT
Subject: Re: git-svn: Fetch svn branches only and have git recognize them as branches?
Message-ID: <20150312233338.GA16358@dcvr.yhbt.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAMMCKnc9AKjuwQ_RNxD_g3tn=xFQkbO1i-U=rP2VLWPi7qizGA@mail.gmail.com>

Brian Koehmstedt <bkoehmstedt@berkeley.edu> wrote:
> My latest failed attempt was this:
> 
> [svn-remote "svn"]
>         url = http://abc.com/repo/branches
>         fetch = :refs/remotes/svn/branches
>         branches = *:refs/remotes/svn/*
> 
> git svn fetch svn
> This fetched all the branch directories as one branch.

You probably do not need the "fetch" line there, only:

[svn-remote "svn"]
        url = http://abc.com/repo/branches
        branches = *:refs/remotes/svn/*

I haven't used the branches/tags functionality of git-svn in
many years, though.