# How to prefix existing svn remotes? 6 messages from 2009-01-22 to 2009-01-23. Participants: Sébastien Mazy, Michael J Gruber, Jakub Narebski. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/17306 ## Sébastien Mazy, 2009-01-22 17:32 Subject: How to prefix existing svn remotes? Message-ID: <20090122173211.GB21798@locahost> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20090122173211.GB21798%40locahost ``` Hi all, I created a few months ago a git-svn repository using: git svn clone -s https://my_svn_repo . wich also created the following remotes: git branch -r branch0 tags/tag0 trunk I would like to prefix theses remotes, so that it shows: git branch -r prefix/branch0 prefix/tags/tag0 prefix/trunk Of course I should have used the -prefix back when creating the repo but it's too late. 'git help svn' doesn't explain how to achieve that and simply editing .git/config to add the missing prefix will cause the next 'git svn fetch' to download again the whole history (which in my case is huge). Is it possible? Did I miss something obvious? Cheers, -- Sébastien Mazy ``` ## Michael J Gruber, 2009-01-23 11:13 Subject: Re: How to prefix existing svn remotes? Message-ID: <4979A64E.6030608@drmicha.warpmail.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4979A64E.6030608%40drmicha.warpmail.net In-Reply-To: <20090122173211.GB21798@locahost> ``` Sébastien Mazy venit, vidit, dixit 22.01.2009 18:32: > Hi all, > > > I created a few months ago a git-svn repository using: > git svn clone -s https://my_svn_repo . > > wich also created the following remotes: > git branch -r > branch0 > tags/tag0 > trunk > > I would like to prefix theses remotes, so that it shows: > git branch -r > prefix/branch0 > prefix/tags/tag0 > prefix/trunk > > Of course I should have used the -prefix back when creating the repo but > it's too late. 'git help svn' doesn't explain how to achieve that and > simply editing .git/config to add the missing prefix will cause the next > 'git svn fetch' to download again the whole history (which in my case is > huge). > > > Is it possible? Did I miss something obvious? Yes! Depends! The following works for me: 0) fetch to make sure you're current (optional) 1) edit .git/config and add the prefix (right hand side of the refpsecs), or really rename in any way you want 2) rename the existing remote branches in the same way The next git svn fetch will rebuild the map file (which is fast) but not refetch any svn revisions you already have. Regarding the renaming: Either I'm dumb or current git branch can't rename git svn branches. I guess it's because they are remotes but not really. I had to resort to git update-ref. I'll look into that. Michael ``` ## Sébastien Mazy, 2009-01-23 12:42 Subject: Re: How to prefix existing svn remotes? Message-ID: <20090123124231.GA17616@locahost> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20090123124231.GA17616%40locahost In-Reply-To: <4979A64E.6030608@drmicha.warpmail.net> ``` Hi Michael, Thanks for your reply. On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 12:13:18PM +0100, Michael J Gruber wrote: > The following works for me: > > 0) fetch to make sure you're current (optional) > 1) edit .git/config and add the prefix (right hand side of the > refpsecs), or really rename in any way you want OK. > 2) rename the existing remote branches in the same way I'm not sure how I can do it. 'trunk' is the only remote-tracking svn branches under .git/refs/. Here is how it looks: ls -R .git/refs .git/refs: heads remotes tags .git/refs/heads: master .git/refs/remotes: trunk Still, a 'branch0' remote exist: git show-ref refs/heads/master refs/remotes/branch0 refs/remotes/trunk -- Sébastien Mazy ``` ## Michael J Gruber, 2009-01-23 13:02 Subject: Re: How to prefix existing svn remotes? Message-ID: <4979BFE7.8090402@drmicha.warpmail.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4979BFE7.8090402%40drmicha.warpmail.net In-Reply-To: <20090123124231.GA17616@locahost> ``` Sébastien Mazy venit, vidit, dixit 23.01.2009 13:42: > Hi Michael, > > Thanks for your reply. > > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 12:13:18PM +0100, Michael J Gruber wrote: >> The following works for me: >> >> 0) fetch to make sure you're current (optional) >> 1) edit .git/config and add the prefix (right hand side of the >> refpsecs), or really rename in any way you want > > OK. > >> 2) rename the existing remote branches in the same way > > I'm not sure how I can do it. 'trunk' is the only remote-tracking svn > branches under .git/refs/. Here is how it looks: > > ls -R .git/refs > .git/refs: heads remotes tags > .git/refs/heads: master > .git/refs/remotes: trunk > > Still, a 'branch0' remote exist: > > git show-ref > refs/heads/master > refs/remotes/branch0 > refs/remotes/trunk You can do (bash) for b in trunk branch0 do git update-ref refs/remotes/yournewprefix/$b refs/remotes/$b git update-ref -d refs/remotes/$b done OTOH, any incarnation of "git -m" (with or without "-r", specifying refs/remotes/trunk, remotes/trunk or trunk) failed. Michael ``` ## Sébastien Mazy, 2009-01-23 17:13 Subject: Re: How to prefix existing svn remotes? Message-ID: <20090123171355.GA20413@locahost> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20090123171355.GA20413%40locahost In-Reply-To: <4979BFE7.8090402@drmicha.warpmail.net> ``` On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 02:02:31PM +0100, Michael J Gruber wrote: > You can do (bash) > > for b in trunk branch0 > do > git update-ref refs/remotes/yournewprefix/$b refs/remotes/$b > git update-ref -d refs/remotes/$b > done That did the trick. Thank you so much! By the way, my renamed remote tracking svn branches now show under .git/refs/ as expected. -- Sébastien Mazy ``` ## Jakub Narebski, 2009-01-23 17:51 Subject: Re: How to prefix existing svn remotes? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/gld029%24sa%241%40ger.gmane.org In-Reply-To: <20090123171355.GA20413@locahost> ``` Sébastien Mazy wrote: > By the way, my renamed remote tracking svn branches now show under > .git/refs/ as expected. They were inside file .git/packed-refs -- Jakub Narebski Warsaw, Poland ShadeHawk on #git ```