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create branch from svn repos

Subject: create branch from svn repos

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2 messages between Apr 27, 2010 and Apr 27, 2010.

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Ming Zhang· Apr 27, 2010, 20:59 UTC · lore

Hi All

I have a svn repos with this layout

trunk
tags
branches-- b1
                    b2
                    dir/ b3
                           b4

i used git-svn to clone a svn repos. and i have remote branches like

svn/b1 svn/b2 svn/dir

i can create a local branch from b1 or b2, or even dir with command like git checkout -b local/b1 svn/b1

but if i want to create a local branch for b3 with command git checkout -b local/b1 svn/dir/b3

it will fail with error messages like

fatal: git checkout: updating paths is incompatible with switching branches/forcing Did you intend to checkout 'svn/dir/b3' which can not be resolved as commit?

so is what i want to do feasible?

Thanks!

Ming

Dmitrijs Ledkovs· Apr 27, 2010, 23:25 UTC · re: Ming Zhang · lore

Re: create branch from svn repos

On 27 April 2010 21:59, Ming Zhang <blackmagic02881@gmail.com> wrote:

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> fatal: git checkout: updating paths is incompatible with switching
> branches/forcing
> Did you intend to checkout 'svn/dir/b3' which can not be resolved as commit?
>
> so is what i want to do feasible?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ming

$ git help svn

Read the last bits on how to define svn remote branches in the .git/config update your .git/config and do

$ git svn init $same_top_level_svn_url $ git svn fetch