Re: git-svn questions: how to clone/init non-standard layout branches/tags?

> On Nov 3, 2007 9:01 PM, Luke Lu <git@vicaya.com> wrote:
>> On Nov 3, 2007, at 6:59 AM, Lars Hjemli wrote:
>>> On Nov 3, 2007 11:56 AM, Benoit SIGOURE <tsuna@lrde.epita.fr> wrote:
>>>> On Nov 3, 2007, at 9:19 AM, Luke Lu wrote:
>>>>> 2. Is there a way to add a new svn branch like that (say  
>>>>> production
>>>>> or some_branch) to an existing git-svn repository that has trunk
>>>>> cloned?
>>>>
>>>> I don't know, but that'd be great indeed.
>>>>
>>>
>>> You can simply add "fetch" lines to  the relevant "svn-remote"  
>>> section
>>> in .git/config.
>>
>> I did try to add a "fetch" line for the production branch like this:
>>
>> [svn-remote "svn"]
>>          url = svn+ssh://host/svn/project
>>          fetch = production:refs/remotes/svn-prod
>>          fetch = trunk:refs/remotes/git-svn
>>
>> which is modeled after http://lists-archives.org/git/420712-git-svn-
>> remote-tracking-branch-question.html
>>
>> But when I try to checkout the production branch like this:
>>
>> git checkout -b prod remotes/svn-prod
>>
>> I got this:
>> git checkout: updating paths is incompatible with switching branches/
>> forcing
>> Did you intend to checkout 'remotes/svn-prod' which can not be
>> resolved as commit?
>
> Did you forget to run 'git svn fetch' after modifying your .git/ 
> config?