Isn't gcc in svn nowadays? I'd try something like: rsync://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-svn gcc-svn git-svnimport -C gcc-git -i -v file:///$(pwd)/gcc-svn unless you have write access, in which case you may prefer: mkdir gcc-svn && cd gcc-svn git-svn init svn+ssh://username@xxxxxxxxxxx/svn/gcc/trunk git-svn fetch -JimC -- James H. Cloos, Jr. <cloos@xxxxxxxxxxx> - : send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html