I posted this question to StackOverflow and got back that I should use the svn2git tool. Surely there has to be a native way to convert these branches into local branches using git-svn. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3206383/what-is-the-correct-way-to-convert-svn-remote-branches-and-tags-into-local-git-br On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Bradley Wagner <bradley.wagner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I had a fairly complicated config for my SVN to Git migration with > multiple branch and tag locations. Therefore, I had to break up the > "git svn clone" because I didn't know how to pass multiple branch > locations to "git svn clone": > > 1. git svn init > 2. Update .git/config with branch/tag locations > [svn-remote "svn"] > url = file:///Users/Developers/git_transition/svn_repo > fetch = project/trunk:refs/remotes/svn/trunk > branches = > project/branches/{feature1-branch,feature2-branch}:refs/remotes/svn/* > branches = > project/branches/{6.x,5.x,4.x,3.x,archive}/*:refs/remotes/svn/* > tags = project/tags/{3.7.x,4.x,5.x,6.x,old-releases}/*:refs/remotes/svn/tags/* > 3. git svn -A/path/to/mappings fetch > > Do I need to convert these remote tags/branches into local Git > tags/branches before pushing them to my remote Git repo or is there a > way to push remote branches directly to my remote Git repo? > > The command that someone else told me was "git checkout -b > <local_branch_name> <remote_branch_name>". Though, I've seen other > places mention different strategies for converting the branches. > > The script I devised to convert the tags does this for each tags > folder to maintain the original commit date, author, and commit > message: > > git for-each-ref --format="%(refname)" refs/remotes/svn/tags/6.x | > grep -v @ | while read tag; do GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="$(git log -1 > --pretty=format:"%ad" "$tag")" GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="$(git log -1 > --pretty=format:"%ce" "$tag")" GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="$(git log -1 > --pretty=format:"%cn" "$tag")" git tag -m "$(git log -1 > --pretty=format:"%s%n%b" "$tag")" ${tag#refs/remotes/svn/tags/6.x/} > "$tag"; done > > Please let me know if this is correct. > > Thanks! -- Hannon Hill - Put Us to the Test bradley.wagner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx | http://www.hannonhill.com -- 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