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Re: "svn switch" equivalent when using git-svn -- git-filter-branch?

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David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Date
Jul 10, 2007, 08:24 UTC
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Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> writes:
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> David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> an upstream svn repository that I access with git-svn has moved.  I
>> seem to be too stupid to use git-filter-branch and/or .git/config
>> and/or git-reset to make my git mirror follow the switch.
>
> Just changing the url key in the [svn-remote] section of the .git/config
> file should be enough.
>
> You'll probably need to fetch at least one revision from the new URL
> before being able to dcommit, though.
git-fetch works, but git-rebase -l still complains:

git-svn rebase -l Unable to determine upstream SVN information from working tree history

And consequently I can't actually update.
-- 
David Kastrup
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