Re: git-svn and a nested branches folder

> Russ Brown <pickscrape@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> I'm having some trouble with using git-svn to fetch a repository, and I
>> think it's because the repository doesn't store branches as a flat list
>> directly under the 'branches' directory.
>>
>> Basically, we have a structure like this:
>>
>> |
>> +-trunk
>> +-tags
>> +-branches
>>   + category-a
>>     + branch-a
>>     + branch-b
>>   + category-b
>>     + branch-c
>>     + branch-d
>>
>> etc. category-a and category-b are simple directories created using svn
>> mkdir. The branches are created using svn cp.
>>
>> It helps us to organise the branches better, but the rationale is
>> besides the point. The problem is that git-svn seems to want to
>> treat category-a and category-b as branches, which isn't right at
>> all. As a result, git-svn seems to skip most (if not all) revisions
>> that occur in these directories and creates a lot of entries in
>> unhandled.log.
> 
> So what did you specify in your .git/config file regarding the svn
> structure?
>