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diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt index f5f57e8f8..f754d2f67 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-svn(1) NAME ---- -git-svn - bidirectional operation between a single Subversion branch and git +git-svn - bidirectional operation between Subversion and git SYNOPSIS -------- @@ -11,24 +11,20 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -git-svn is a simple conduit for changesets between a single Subversion -branch and git. It is not to be confused with gitlink:git-svnimport[1]. -They were designed with very different goals in mind. +git-svn is a simple conduit for changesets between Subversion and git. +It is not to be confused with gitlink:git-svnimport[1], which is +read-only and geared towards tracking multiple branches. -git-svn is designed for an individual developer who wants a +git-svn was originally designed for an individual developer who wants a bidirectional flow of changesets between a single branch in Subversion -and an arbitrary number of branches in git. git-svnimport is designed -for read-only operation on repositories that match a particular layout -(albeit the recommended one by SVN developers). +and an arbitrary number of branches in git. Since its inception, +git-svn has gained the ability to track multiple branches in a manner +similar to git-svnimport; but it cannot (yet) automatically detect new +branches and tags like git-svnimport does. -For importing svn, git-svnimport is potentially more powerful when -operating on repositories organized under the recommended -trunk/branch/tags structure, and should be faster, too. - -git-svn mostly ignores the very limited view of branching that -Subversion has. This allows git-svn to be much easier to use, -especially on repositories that are not organized in a manner that -git-svnimport is designed for. +git-svn is especially useful when it comes to tracking repositories +not organized in the way Subversion developers recommend (trunk, +branches, tags directories). COMMANDS -------- @@ -370,7 +366,7 @@ SVN was very wrong. Basic Examples ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Tracking and contributing to a Subversion-managed project: +Tracking and contributing to a the trunk of a Subversion-managed project: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ # Initialize a repo (like git init-db): @@ -388,6 +384,30 @@ Tracking and contributing to a Subversion-managed project: git-svn show-ignore >> .git/info/exclude ------------------------------------------------------------------------ +Tracking and contributing to an entire Subversion-managed project +(complete with a trunk, tags and branches): +See also: +'<<tracking-multiple-repos,Tracking Multiple Repositories or Branches>>' + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ +# Initialize a repo (like git init-db): + git-svn multi-init http://svn.foo.org/project \ + -T trunk -b branches -t tags +# Fetch remote revisions: + git-svn multi-fetch +# Create your own branch of trunk to hack on: + git checkout -b my-trunk remotes/trunk +# Do some work, and then commit your new changes to SVN, as well as +# automatically updating your working HEAD: + git-svn dcommit -i trunk +# Something has been committed to trunk, rebase the latest into your branch: + git-svn multi-fetch && git rebase remotes/trunk +# Append svn:ignore settings of trunk to the default git exclude file: + git-svn show-ignore -i trunk >> .git/info/exclude +# Check for new branches and tags (no arguments are needed): + git-svn multi-init +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + REBASE VS. PULL --------------- |