it seems that "git submodule add" looses information from "git svn clone". what am i missing here which would allow to "git svn rebase" the repository, even if it is newly added as submodule? the following example takes a little, as the repository has 15'000 revisions, even 99% do not concern the checked out part. rupert @ login : ~/tmp/subm-bug mkdir -p ~/tmp/subm-bug cd ~/tmp/subm-bug git svn clone https://gar.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/gar/csw/mgar/pkg/GeoIP/trunk GeoIP git init test cd test git submodule add ~/tmp/subm-bug/GeoIP cd GeoIP git svn rebase Migrating from a git-svn v1 layout... Data from a previous version of git-svn exists, but .git/svn (required for this version (1.7.5.4) of git-svn) does not exist. Done migrating from a git-svn v1 layout Unable to determine upstream SVN information from working tree history -- 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