# removing svn remotes

3 messages from 2008-11-19 to 2008-11-19. Participants: Matt Graham, Björn Steinbrink.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/16386

## Matt Graham, 2008-11-19 01:47

Subject: removing svn remotes
Message-ID: <1c5969370811181747i240ed22bk73ca62e09b3d0172@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1c5969370811181747i240ed22bk73ca62e09b3d0172%40mail.gmail.com

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Hi,
I have a svn repo cloned into a git repo.  There are several remote
refs that are there that I don't care about and don't want to fetch.

git svn fetch --fetch-all gets a bunch of stuff from branches I don't want
git svn fetch requires I checkout the branches I care about before fetching

git svn fetch doesn't accept a branch name
git remote rm isn't able to see the svn remotes

Is there a way to either:
1) get rid of the svn remotes that I don't want?
2) fetch only the remotes that I do want?

Thanks!

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## Björn Steinbrink, 2008-11-19 08:32

Subject: Re: removing svn remotes
Message-ID: <20081119083219.GB3538@atjola.homenet>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20081119083219.GB3538%40atjola.homenet
In-Reply-To: <1c5969370811181747i240ed22bk73ca62e09b3d0172@mail.gmail.com>

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On 2008.11.18 20:47:24 -0500, Matt Graham wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a svn repo cloned into a git repo.  There are several remote
> refs that are there that I don't care about and don't want to fetch.
> 
> git svn fetch --fetch-all gets a bunch of stuff from branches I don't want
> git svn fetch requires I checkout the branches I care about before fetching
> 
> git svn fetch doesn't accept a branch name
> git remote rm isn't able to see the svn remotes
> 
> Is there a way to either:
> 1) get rid of the svn remotes that I don't want?
> 2) fetch only the remotes that I do want?

Uhm, are you talking about remote tracking branches (what "git branch
-r" shows), or svn-remotes (not sure if git-svn can list them, they're
in .git/config)?

The behaviour you describe doesn't match my experience with git-svn, so
maybe you could elaborate a bit on the exact problem?

Thanks,
Björn

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## Matt Graham, 2008-11-19 21:26

Subject: Re: removing svn remotes
Message-ID: <1c5969370811191326j46b8ae1r6e916c239cc6be82@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1c5969370811191326j46b8ae1r6e916c239cc6be82%40mail.gmail.com
In-Reply-To: <20081119083219.GB3538@atjola.homenet>

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On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 03:32, Björn Steinbrink <B.Steinbrink@gmx.de> wrote:
> On 2008.11.18 20:47:24 -0500, Matt Graham wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I have a svn repo cloned into a git repo.  There are several remote
>> refs that are there that I don't care about and don't want to fetch.
>>
>> git svn fetch --fetch-all gets a bunch of stuff from branches I don't want
>> git svn fetch requires I checkout the branches I care about before fetching
>>
>> git svn fetch doesn't accept a branch name
>> git remote rm isn't able to see the svn remotes
>>
>> Is there a way to either:
>> 1) get rid of the svn remotes that I don't want?
>> 2) fetch only the remotes that I do want?
>
> Uhm, are you talking about remote tracking branches (what "git branch
> -r" shows), or svn-remotes (not sure if git-svn can list them, they're
> in .git/config)?
>
> The behaviour you describe doesn't match my experience with git-svn, so
> maybe you could elaborate a bit on the exact problem?

Sorry the question was not clear.

git branch -r -d
did exactly what I need.  I guess I just didn't know how to ask for
it.  Another happy discovery.

Using git branch -r -d, I was able to delete my svn-remotes.
Now when I run git svn fetch --fetch-all, it appears to fetch only
from the remaining branches that I didn't delete.  I hope that
clarifies it.

thank you!

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