# Start git svn clone at specific revision for cloning subprojects in large svn repositories? 3 messages from 2008-10-22 to 2008-10-22. Participants: Jeff Kowalczyk, Jacob Helwig, Michael J Gruber. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/16011 ## Jeff Kowalczyk, 2008-10-22 15:00 Subject: Start git svn clone at specific revision for cloning subprojects in large svn repositories? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/pan.2008.10.22.15.00.21.403423%40yahoo.com ``` I would like to git svn clone subprojects from a large community subversion repository (plone collective). The repository is currently at 74K commits, but subprojects of interest are typically much more recent, and their initial import revision is known. I would like to avoid a) unnecessary traffic to the svn server and b) the very long delay in git svn cloning these subprojects. Is there a way to specfiy a starting revision to git svn clone? Thanks. ``` ## Jacob Helwig, 2008-10-22 15:07 Subject: Re: Start git svn clone at specific revision for cloning subprojects in large svn repositories? Message-ID: <8c9a060810220807q14ede199u205d35223f8a4710@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/8c9a060810220807q14ede199u205d35223f8a4710%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 08:00, Jeff Kowalczyk wrote: > I would like to git svn clone subprojects from a large community > subversion repository (plone collective). > > The repository is currently at 74K commits, but subprojects of interest > are typically much more recent, and their initial import revision is known. > > I would like to avoid a) unnecessary traffic to the svn server and b) > the very long delay in git svn cloning these subprojects. > > Is there a way to specfiy a starting revision to git svn clone? > > Thanks. > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Try git svn init, then git svn fetch --revision :HEAD. This is what I use for some of our larger projects at work. ``` ## Michael J Gruber, 2008-10-22 15:08 Subject: Re: Start git svn clone at specific revision for cloning subprojects in large svn repositories? Message-ID: <48FF41FB.4080403@drmicha.warpmail.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/48FF41FB.4080403%40drmicha.warpmail.net In-Reply-To: ``` Jeff Kowalczyk venit, vidit, dixit 10/22/08 17:00: > I would like to git svn clone subprojects from a large community > subversion repository (plone collective). > > The repository is currently at 74K commits, but subprojects of interest > are typically much more recent, and their initial import revision is known. > > I would like to avoid a) unnecessary traffic to the svn server and b) > the very long delay in git svn cloning these subprojects. > > Is there a way to specfiy a starting revision to git svn clone? Your friendly man page provider says: -r , --revision Used with the fetch command. This allows revision ranges for partial/cauterized history to be supported. $NUMBER, $NUMBER1:$NUMBER2 (numeric ranges), $NUMBER:HEAD, and BASE:$NUMBER are all supported. This can allow you to make partial mirrors when running fetch; but is generally not recommended because history will be skipped and lost. Usage of "Scroll Down" is strongly advised when viewing git help svn ;) Michael P.S.: It works nicely, don't mind the warning in the man page if you know the start rev for sure. ```