# use case, advices (SVN/GIT)

2 messages from 2010-04-22 to 2010-04-23. Participants: Mihamina Rakotomandimby, Ulrich Spörlein.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/23563

## Mihamina Rakotomandimby, 2010-04-22 12:14

Subject: use case, advices (SVN/GIT)
Message-ID: <20100422151401.2c47aa76@pbmiha.malagasy.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20100422151401.2c47aa76%40pbmiha.malagasy.com

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Manao ahoana, Hello, Bonjour,

We'd rather use GIT.
But there is a project, that we regularily pull (Coova:
http://coova.org/CoovaChilli/Developers) which is under SVN.

I first "svn export" this project.
I initiate a new GIT repository based on what I "exported".
I make my changes, and commit them.

I month (and several commits) later, I would like to sync with Coova
SVN.

It's a one way "pull": I wont push my changes to their repository.

What's your recommended way to handle this?

Misaotra, Thanks, Merci.

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## Ulrich Spörlein, 2010-04-23 15:25

Subject: Re: use case, advices (SVN/GIT)
Message-ID: <20100423152517.GA92627@acme.spoerlein.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20100423152517.GA92627%40acme.spoerlein.net
In-Reply-To: <20100422151401.2c47aa76@pbmiha.malagasy.com>

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On Thu, 22.04.2010 at 15:14:01 +0300, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote:
> Manao ahoana, Hello, Bonjour,
> 
> We'd rather use GIT.
> But there is a project, that we regularily pull (Coova:
> http://coova.org/CoovaChilli/Developers) which is under SVN.
> 
> I first "svn export" this project.
> I initiate a new GIT repository based on what I "exported".
> I make my changes, and commit them.

Use git-svn(1) to clone the branch you want to track

$ git svn init -Ttrunk URL

now you have a master branch that is set up to track the svn trunk. I'd
recommend to put your commits into a different branch though and keep
'master' clean.

> I month (and several commits) later, I would like to sync with Coova
> SVN.

$ git svn rebase
will fetch all new svn commits and put them in remotes/trunk, master is
then forwarded accordingly.

Rebase your work on top of master now
$ git rebase master mybranch

> It's a one way "pull": I wont push my changes to their repository.
> 
> What's your recommended way to handle this?

git-svn, see above.

Uli

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