# git-svn and svn branches

3 messages from 2008-11-21 to 2008-11-27. Participants: Ryan Phillips, Eric Wong, Michael J Gruber.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/16426

## Ryan Phillips, 2008-11-21 19:58

Subject: git-svn and svn branches
Message-ID: <20081121195835.GA12141@athena.lan>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20081121195835.GA12141%40athena.lan

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I followed the following instructions on adding a remote svn branch to my
local git-svn repository. http://www.dmo.ca/blog/20070608113513

Are these still accurate?

I started the repository with
  # git svn init [url/trunk]`
  # cd project.git
  # git svn fetch -r[HEAD revision]
which works fine. I added something like Snippet 1 to the .git/config and
issued a `git svn fetch -r[HEAD revision of the branch]` and nothing
happens. It takes git-svn a few seconds to run, but the git-remote svn
branch doesn't get initialized.

Does this procedure only work with a full mirror of a git-svn repository?
or perhaps I'm doing something wrong. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Ryan

Snippet 1
=========

[svn-remote "svn34"]
url = svn+ssh://your-server/home/svn/project-name/branches/3.4.x
fetch = :refs/remotes/git-svn-3.4

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## Eric Wong, 2008-11-25 23:08

Subject: Re: git-svn and svn branches
Message-ID: <20081125230823.GA6664@mayonaise>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20081125230823.GA6664%40mayonaise
In-Reply-To: <20081121195835.GA12141@athena.lan>

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Ryan Phillips <ryan@trolocsis.com> wrote:
> I followed the following instructions on adding a remote svn branch to my
> local git-svn repository. http://www.dmo.ca/blog/20070608113513
> 
> Are these still accurate?
> 
> I started the repository with
>   # git svn init [url/trunk]`
>   # cd project.git
>   # git svn fetch -r[HEAD revision]
> which works fine. I added something like Snippet 1 to the .git/config and
> issued a `git svn fetch -r[HEAD revision of the branch]` and nothing
> happens. It takes git-svn a few seconds to run, but the git-remote svn
> branch doesn't get initialized.
> 
> Does this procedure only work with a full mirror of a git-svn repository?
> or perhaps I'm doing something wrong. Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ryan
> 
> Snippet 1
> =========
> 
> [svn-remote "svn34"]
> url = svn+ssh://your-server/home/svn/project-name/branches/3.4.x
> fetch = :refs/remotes/git-svn-3.4

Try this:

  git svn fetch -i svn34

It's been a while since I've used this, but I believe a test
case covers it so it probably still works :)

-- 
Eric Wong

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## Michael J Gruber, 2008-11-27 10:02

Subject: Re: git-svn and svn branches
Message-ID: <492E7042.1060800@drmicha.warpmail.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/492E7042.1060800%40drmicha.warpmail.net
In-Reply-To: <20081125230823.GA6664@mayonaise>

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Eric Wong venit, vidit, dixit 26.11.2008 00:08:
> Ryan Phillips <ryan@trolocsis.com> wrote:
>> I followed the following instructions on adding a remote svn branch to my
>> local git-svn repository. http://www.dmo.ca/blog/20070608113513
>>
>> Are these still accurate?
>>
>> I started the repository with
>>   # git svn init [url/trunk]`
>>   # cd project.git
>>   # git svn fetch -r[HEAD revision]
>> which works fine. I added something like Snippet 1 to the .git/config and
>> issued a `git svn fetch -r[HEAD revision of the branch]` and nothing
>> happens. It takes git-svn a few seconds to run, but the git-remote svn
>> branch doesn't get initialized.
>>
>> Does this procedure only work with a full mirror of a git-svn repository?
>> or perhaps I'm doing something wrong. Any help would be appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ryan
>>
>> Snippet 1
>> =========
>>
>> [svn-remote "svn34"]
>> url = svn+ssh://your-server/home/svn/project-name/branches/3.4.x
>> fetch = :refs/remotes/git-svn-3.4
> 
> Try this:
> 
>   git svn fetch -i svn34
> 
> It's been a while since I've used this, but I believe a test
> case covers it so it probably still works :)
> 

Uhm, I think it's rather "-R svn34" which tells git-svn to use the svn
remote config "svn34". -i sets GIT_SVN_ID.

Michael

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