Hi, I think I resolved this problem by using --rewrite-root as suggested. I used a dummy root during the git-svn clone: git-svn clone --rewrite-root http://git.is.great <myrepo> All my commit messages now have http://git.is.great but I am able to change the repository URL and continue. Could this approach be used as an insurance against svn url changes? When initializing the repository, we could use --rewrite-root. Subsequently, if the svn repository relocates, we need to edit only .git/config. Thanks for your help. Krishnan -- 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