Re: connecting existing local git repository to svn

From: Ittay Dror <ittay.dror@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 27, 2009, 12:48 UTC
Message-ID: <497F0280.2070400@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <bd6139dc0901270416u22b60fefp472935470b1db929@mail.gmail.com>

Sverre Rabbelier wrote:

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> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 11:41, Ittay Dror <ittay.dror@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> git: ----v1----v2----v3--v4---v5
>> svn:                     \---v4--v5
>>
>> so the svn history starts from v3, but the git history remains unchanged.
>>     
>
> Create the new branch from v3 then, and use git svn to pull it in.
> Then you can do 'git rebase that-svn-branch' on your git branch to put
> all commits (not as one big commit) on top of that branch point. Now
> you 'git checkout' that-svn-branch and do 'git reset --hard
> the-git-branch', which should now consist of
> v1--v2--v3--v4(git)--v5(git), etc. If you do 'git svn dcommit' from
> the that-svn-branch now it should dcommit to svn each of your git
>

sorry, my ascii art was confusing:

git: ----v1----v2----v3--v4---v5 svn: v1-4---v5

v1-4 is v1 to v4 squashed together. (e.g., if i added a file in v2 and removed in v3 it will not appear in svn history)

hope it is clear now.

ittay

> commits individually. Of course, don't forget to make a backup before
> you start messing around :P.
>
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