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Multiple SVN remote branches listed in "git branch -r" after "git-svn fetch"

Subject: Multiple SVN remote branches listed in "git branch -r" after "git-svn fetch"

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2 messages between Apr 30, 2010 and May 4, 2010.

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Bradley Wagner· Apr 30, 2010, 18:59 UTC · lore
So I did a conversion to Git using git-svn.
git init <svn_url>
# updated the .git/config file to reference a few different locations
for branches:
[svn-remote "svn"]
        url = <svn_url>
        fetch = cascade/trunk:refs/remotes/trunk
        branches =
cascade/branches/{hibernate-upgrade,spring-upgrade}}:refs/remotes/*
        branches = cascade/branches/{6.x,5.x,4.x,3.x}/*:refs/remotes/*
        tags = cascade/tags/{3.7.x,4.x,5.x,6.x,old-releases}/*:refs/remotes/tags/*
git svn fetch
Now, I'm seeing branches/tags listed multiple times with: git branch -r
  6.x/6.0.2.1
  6.x/6.0.2.1@12401
  6.x/6.0.2.1@12422
....
  tags/4.x/rel_4_22
  tags/4.x/rel_4_22@4093
  tags/4.x/rel_4_22@4384
What do these other branches with the @ sign mean? Did I do something wrong?

Thanks, Bradley

Bradley Wagner· May 4, 2010, 16:29 UTC · re: Bradley Wagner · lore

Re: Multiple SVN remote branches listed in "git branch -r" after "git-svn fetch"

By the way, I figured this out if you ever run into the same thing. When you fetch any SVN branches or tags that have ever been moved/renamed, Git will create these other tags and branches with '@' signs in them.

For example, these two branches:
  4.x/v4_0
  4.x/v4_0@8459
mean that in r8460 the 4.0 branch was moved to a different location or
renamed. Good news is that the base branch "4.x/v4_0" contains the
revision history of both: everything before and after the move -- so
it's the only one that matters when converting to git branches.
Just an FYI.

On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Bradley Wagner <bradley.wagner@hannonhill.com> wrote:

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> So I did a conversion to Git using git-svn.
>
> git init <svn_url>
> # updated the .git/config file to reference a few different locations
> for branches:
> [svn-remote "svn"]
>        url = <svn_url>
>        fetch = cascade/trunk:refs/remotes/trunk
>        branches =
> cascade/branches/{hibernate-upgrade,spring-upgrade}}:refs/remotes/*
>        branches = cascade/branches/{6.x,5.x,4.x,3.x}/*:refs/remotes/*
>        tags = cascade/tags/{3.7.x,4.x,5.x,6.x,old-releases}/*:refs/remotes/tags/*
> git svn fetch
>
> Now, I'm seeing branches/tags listed multiple times with: git branch -r
>
>  6.x/6.0.2.1
>  6.x/6.0.2.1@12401
>  6.x/6.0.2.1@12422
> ....
>  tags/4.x/rel_4_22
>  tags/4.x/rel_4_22@4093
>  tags/4.x/rel_4_22@4384
>
> What do these other branches with the @ sign mean? Did I do something wrong?
>
> Thanks,
> Bradley

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