# document git-svn --minimize-url option or make it default 1 messages from 2010-03-18 to 2010-03-18. Participants: Matthew Woehlke. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/23069 ## Matthew Woehlke, 2010-03-18 20:37 Subject: document git-svn --minimize-url option or make it default Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/hnu2u3%24gqq%241%40dough.gmane.org ``` Here's a problem I was having. I was trying to clone branches/foo/bar from a certain repo, where the last change on branches/foo looked like: A /branches/foo A /branches/foo/bar (from /trunk/foo/bar:12345) By itself I couldn't get this to work; it would check out the HEAD, but wouldn't follow the copy to fetch any history. I tried --stdlayout, but that worked even worse; nothing got checked out whatsoever. Finally by trial and error I figured out to use --minimize-url. I'd like to ask that this be more properly documented, especially stating that it is necessary to follow copies between branches and trunk. Or better yet, given that not following such copies is arguably broken, make it the default (even without -T/-t/-b/-s). -- Matthew Please do not quote my e-mail address unobfuscated in message bodies. -- It is training and experience that gives us the ability to abstract problems, remain objective, use previous knowledge, interact with users, and herd cats. -- Celeste Lyn Paul, on Usability Experts ```