Martin Larsson <martin.liste.larsson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have a local git-copy of the company svn-repository. The git-copy is > up-to-date (git svn fetch). I then add a new branch in the > svn-repository (svn cp http://.../trunk http://...branches/JIRA-4444). > When I then do 'git svn fetch' again, it pulls all the files from the > svn-repository. > > I was expecting it to only pull the fact that a new branch was made > (taking milliseconds), not all the files in the branch (taking more than > half an hour to complete). Why does it need to transfer all the files? Are some branches at a different depth in the repository? E.g: project/trunk project/branches/feature-a project/branches/martin/feature-b project/branches/martin/feature-c project/branches/feature-d project/branches/feature-e Basically a refs layout like this in your $GIT_CONFIG: fetch = project/trunk:refs/remotes/trunk branches = project/branches/*:refs/remotes/* Is going to get git svn confused and think "martin" is a branch when it is rather a container of a branch. However if you have a consistent depth and two branch containers ("martin" and his evil twin, "nitram"): project/trunk project/branches/martin/feature-b project/branches/martin/feature-c project/branches/nitram/feature-a project/branches/nitram/feature-d project/branches/nitram/feature-e As of git v1.6.4, you can repeat "branches" or "tags" lines in $GIT_CONFIG thanks to Marc Branchaud: fetch = project/trunk:refs/remotes/trunk branches = project/branches/martin/*:refs/remotes/martin/* branches = project/branches/nitram/*:refs/remotes/nitram/* This is a known problem with the (extremely flexible and therefore inconsistent) way SVN repositories can be laid out. > I did have problems getting the original svn-repository. It took several > days and stopped several times in the process. Each time it stopped, I > just issued 'git svn fetch' again and it seemed to continue. Could this > be related? How could I make a better copy? It could be the server disconnecting you or a bad Internet connection. Resuming "git svn fetch" should be perfectly safe, though. -- Eric Wong -- To unsubscribe from this list: 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