Re: Trouble with git-svn when upstream svn URL changed

From: Seth Falcon <sethfalcon@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 8, 2006, 18:34 UTC
Message-ID: <m2wt52fd8p.fsf@ziti.local>
In-Reply-To: <20061208181109.GA10475@localdomain>

Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> writes:

> This is incorrect, rebuild is not designed to handle new urls.

ok, I was lead astray by this part of the doc for rebuild:

         A Subversion URL may be optionally specified at the
         command-line if the directory/repository you're tracking has
         moved or changed protocols.

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> However, git/git-svn are very flexible beasts :)
>
>> I guess I can create a fresh git repos using git-svn init and then
>> fetch all of my dev branches from the original repository.
>
> You can look at "Advanced Example: Tracking a Reorganized Repository"
> in the manpage.  Ignore the text about --follow-parent since you
> already have the old stuff fetched, and start following the instructions
> beginning with "# And now, we continue tracking the new revisions:"

Oh, sorry I didn't find that example.  This worked perfectly, thanks!

One question: My fingers are in the habit of typing remotes/git-svn.
Can I do:
   cd .git/svn
   rm -r git-svn
   mv git-newsvn git-svn

Or is there a safer way to rename? Or are there other config-file ways to make this work -- to provide an alias?

Thank you so much for the prompt reply. Nice to get going again and with the full history.