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

2 messages from 2010-04-30 to 2010-05-04. Participants: Bradley Wagner.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/23638

## Bradley Wagner, 2010-04-30 18:59

Subject: Multiple SVN remote branches listed in "git branch -r" after "git-svn fetch"
Message-ID: <v2q2f0f6ced1004301159z21c3539av4983488df963ddf0@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/v2q2f0f6ced1004301159z21c3539av4983488df963ddf0%40mail.gmail.com

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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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## Bradley Wagner, 2010-05-04 16:29

Subject: Re: Multiple SVN remote branches listed in "git branch -r" after "git-svn fetch"
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URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/y2s2f0f6ced1005040929k7dc01731t5787dc8039031d73%40mail.gmail.com
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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:
>
> 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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