# [PATCH resend] Documentation: git-svn: fix example for centralized SVN clone 4 messages from 2008-11-14 to 2008-11-15. Participants: Jan Krüger, Junio C Hamano, Eric Wong. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/16330 ## Jan Krüger, 2008-11-14 17:45 Subject: [PATCH resend] Documentation: git-svn: fix example for centralized SVN clone Message-ID: <20081114184514.6f7d437a@perceptron> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20081114184514.6f7d437a%40perceptron ``` The example that tells users how to centralize the effort of the initial git svn clone operation doesn't work properly. It uses rebase but that only works if HEAD exists. This adds one extra command to create a somewhat sensible HEAD that should work in all cases. Signed-off-by: Jan Krüger --- When I first sent this one I said I didn't like the solution all that much (it would be nicer to use origin/HEAD but we didn't fetch that) but Eric said he thinks it's okay and the original author of the section hasn't piped in. It's still better than a nonfunctional example in any case. Previous discussion at . Documentation/git-svn.txt | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt index 84c8f3c..ba94cd1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt @@ -544,6 +544,8 @@ have each person clone that repository with 'git-clone': git remote add origin server:/pub/project git config --add remote.origin.fetch '+refs/remotes/*:refs/remotes/*' git fetch +# Create a local branch from one of the branches just fetched + git checkout -b master FETCH_HEAD # Initialize git-svn locally (be sure to use the same URL and -T/-b/-t options as were used on server) git svn init http://svn.example.com/project # Pull the latest changes from Subversion -- 1.6.0.3.578.g6a50 ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2008-11-15 05:49 Subject: Re: [PATCH resend] Documentation: git-svn: fix example for centralized SVN clone Message-ID: <7vljvl7d3k.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vljvl7d3k.fsf%40gitster.siamese.dyndns.org In-Reply-To: <20081114184514.6f7d437a@perceptron> ``` "Jan Krüger" writes: > The example that tells users how to centralize the effort of the initial > git svn clone operation doesn't work properly. It uses rebase but that > only works if HEAD exists. This adds one extra command to create a > somewhat sensible HEAD that should work in all cases. > > Signed-off-by: Jan Krüger > --- > When I first sent this one I said I didn't like the solution all that > much (it would be nicer to use origin/HEAD but we didn't fetch that) > but Eric said he thinks it's okay and the original author of the > section hasn't piped in. It's still better than a nonfunctional example > in any case. I'll mark this Acked by Eric and apply to 'maint'. Thanks, both. ``` ## Eric Wong, 2008-11-15 06:30 Subject: Re: [PATCH resend] Documentation: git-svn: fix example for centralized SVN clone Message-ID: <20081115062927.GA426@hand.yhbt.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20081115062927.GA426%40hand.yhbt.net In-Reply-To: <7vljvl7d3k.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> ``` Junio C Hamano wrote: > "Jan Krüger" writes: > > > The example that tells users how to centralize the effort of the initial > > git svn clone operation doesn't work properly. It uses rebase but that > > only works if HEAD exists. This adds one extra command to create a > > somewhat sensible HEAD that should work in all cases. > > > > Signed-off-by: Jan Krüger > > --- > > When I first sent this one I said I didn't like the solution all that > > much (it would be nicer to use origin/HEAD but we didn't fetch that) > > but Eric said he thinks it's okay and the original author of the > > section hasn't piped in. It's still better than a nonfunctional example > > in any case. > > I'll mark this Acked by Eric and apply to 'maint'. Thanks, both. No problem. I see what happened: I mis-CC-ed Adam as never had him in my aliases file :x -- Eric Wong ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2008-11-15 07:56 Subject: Re: [PATCH resend] Documentation: git-svn: fix example for centralized SVN clone Message-ID: <7vhc697779.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vhc697779.fsf%40gitster.siamese.dyndns.org In-Reply-To: <20081115062927.GA426@hand.yhbt.net> ``` Eric Wong writes: > I see what happened: I mis-CC-ed Adam as never had him in my aliases > file :x Ah, I see. I should have checked with my "git who" alias. ```