# git-svn: multiple branches directories 4 messages from 2008-06-08 to 2008-06-08. Participants: Tzafrir Cohen, Steven Walter, Björn Steinbrink. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/13857 ## Tzafrir Cohen, 2008-06-08 00:23 Subject: git-svn: multiple branches directories Message-ID: <20080608002349.GB23243@xorcom.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20080608002349.GB23243%40xorcom.com ``` Hi Does git-svn support a repository layout where branches may reside under more than one root? /trunk /branches branch1 branch2 branch3 /somedir branch4 branch5 branch6 /tags ... -- Tzafrir Cohen icq#16849755 jabber:tzafrir.cohen@xorcom.com +972-50-7952406 mailto:tzafrir.cohen@xorcom.com http://www.xorcom.com iax:guest@local.xorcom.com/tzafrir ``` ## Steven Walter, 2008-06-08 16:00 Subject: Re: git-svn: multiple branches directories Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/e06498070806080900x4ecd730byefedf88aa4feee5e%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <20080608002349.GB23243@xorcom.com> ``` On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 8:23 PM, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > Hi > > Does git-svn support a repository layout where branches may reside under > more than one root? > > /trunk > /branches > branch1 > branch2 > branch3 > /somedir > branch4 > branch5 > branch6 > /tags > ... git-svn does support it. The way that I interact with repositories like this is to have the main git-svn remote track only the trunk (fetch = /trunk:...), and then to add addititonal remotes for each branch that I want to track. There may be a nicer way to do it, but git-svn certainly supports the method just described. -- -Steven Walter "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." -Robert Heinlein ``` ## Tzafrir Cohen, 2008-06-08 18:37 Subject: Re: git-svn: multiple branches directories Message-ID: <20080608183742.GF23243@xorcom.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20080608183742.GF23243%40xorcom.com In-Reply-To: ``` On Sun, Jun 08, 2008 at 12:00:58PM -0400, Steven Walter wrote: > On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 8:23 PM, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > Hi > > > > Does git-svn support a repository layout where branches may reside under > > more than one root? > > > > /trunk > > /branches > > branch1 > > branch2 > > branch3 > > /somedir > > branch4 > > branch5 > > branch6 > > /tags > > ... > > git-svn does support it. The way that I interact with repositories > like this is to have the main git-svn remote track only the trunk > (fetch = /trunk:...), and then to add addititonal remotes for each > branch that I want to track. There may be a nicer way to do it, but > git-svn certainly supports the method just described. Thanks for your answer, I'm afraid I don't follow you. Where do I have to write that and where? -- Tzafrir Cohen icq#16849755 jabber:tzafrir.cohen@xorcom.com +972-50-7952406 mailto:tzafrir.cohen@xorcom.com http://www.xorcom.com iax:guest@local.xorcom.com/tzafrir ``` ## Björn Steinbrink, 2008-06-08 18:51 Subject: Re: git-svn: multiple branches directories Message-ID: <20080608185140.GA31698@atjola.homenet> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20080608185140.GA31698%40atjola.homenet In-Reply-To: <20080608183742.GF23243@xorcom.com> ``` On 2008.06.08 21:37:42 +0300, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Sun, Jun 08, 2008 at 12:00:58PM -0400, Steven Walter wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 8:23 PM, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > Does git-svn support a repository layout where branches may reside under > > > more than one root? > > > > > > /trunk > > > /branches > > > branch1 > > > branch2 > > > branch3 > > > /somedir > > > branch4 > > > branch5 > > > branch6 > > > /tags > > > ... > > > > git-svn does support it. The way that I interact with repositories > > like this is to have the main git-svn remote track only the trunk > > (fetch = /trunk:...), and then to add addititonal remotes for each > > branch that I want to track. There may be a nicer way to do it, but > > git-svn certainly supports the method just described. > > Thanks for your answer, > > I'm afraid I don't follow you. Where do I have to write that and where? You can just add more svn-remote to a single git repo with "git svn init". So you could do: git svn clone -s svn://host/some/repo cd repo git svn init --branches somedir svn://host/some/repo/ svn2 git svn fetch svn2 To fetch all new stuff at once, you would then later use "git svn fetch --all". Björn ```