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How to take dump and import to new git repository

Subject: How to take dump and import to new git repository

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redhat1981· Nov 7, 2011, 11:41 UTC · lore

Hi,

I am SVN admin, Fluent with SVN, Git I am a new user, Please let me know, How to take dump of one git repository and then import that Dump to new Repo.

Thank you redhat1981@gmail.com

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Carlos Martín Nieto· Nov 7, 2011, 11:46 UTC · re: redhat1981 · lore

Re: How to take dump and import to new git repository

On Mon, Nov 07, 2011 at 03:41:57AM -0800, redhat1981 wrote:

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> Hi,
> 
> I am SVN admin, Fluent with SVN, Git I am a new user, Please let me know,
> How to take dump of one git repository and then import that Dump to new
> Repo.

This is what cloning a repository does. You're probably looking for the --mirror option.

   git clone --mirror somerepo.git newrepo.git

will give you a repository in newrepo.git that has all the branches and tags from somerepo.git.

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