Currently, the git-svn defaults to using an empty prefix, which ends up placing the SVN-tracking refs directly in refs/remotes/*. This placement runs counter to Git's convention of placing remote-tracking branches in refs/remotes/$remote/*. Furthermore, combining git-svn with "regular" Git remotes run the risk of clobbering refs under refs/remotes (e.g. if you have a git remote called "tags" with a "v1" branch, it will overlap with the git-svn's tracking branch for the "v1" tag from Subversion. Even though the git-svn refs stored in refs/remotes/* are not "proper" remote-tracking branches (since they are not covered by a proper git remote's refspec), they clearly represent a similar concept, and would benefit from following the same convention. For example, if git-svn tracks Subversion branch "foo" at refs/remotes/foo, and you create a local branch refs/heads/foo to add some commits to be pushed back to Subversion (using "git svn dcommit), then it is clearly unhelpful of Git to throw warning: refname 'foo' is ambiguous. every time you checkout, rebase, or otherwise interact with the branch. At this time, the user is better off using the --prefix=foo/ (the trailing slash is important) to git svn init/clone, to cause the SVN-tracking refs to be placed at refs/remotes/foo/* instead of refs/remotes/*. This patch updates the documentation to encourage use of --prefix. This is also in preparation for changing the default value of --prefix at some point in the future. Cc: Eric Wong <normalperson@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Johan Herland <johan@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-svn.txt | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt index 4dd3bcb..ac0c72f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt @@ -79,8 +79,13 @@ COMMANDS trailing slash, so be sure you include one in the argument if that is what you want. If --branches/-b is specified, the prefix must include a trailing slash. - Setting a prefix is useful if you wish to track multiple - projects that share a common repository. + Setting a prefix (with a trailing slash) is strongly + encouraged in any case, as your SVN-tracking refs will + then be located at "refs/remotes/$prefix/*", which is + compatible with Git's own remote-tracking ref layout + (refs/remotes/$remote/*). Setting a prefix is also useful + if you wish to track multiple projects that share a common + repository. --ignore-paths=<regex>;; When passed to 'init' or 'clone' this regular expression will be preserved as a config key. See 'fetch' for a description @@ -804,16 +809,16 @@ Tracking and contributing to an entire Subversion-managed project ------------------------------------------------------------------------ # Clone a repo with standard SVN directory layout (like git clone): - git svn clone http://svn.example.com/project --stdlayout + git svn clone http://svn.example.com/project --stdlayout --prefix svn/ # Or, if the repo uses a non-standard directory layout: - git svn clone http://svn.example.com/project -T tr -b branch -t tag + git svn clone http://svn.example.com/project -T tr -b branch -t tag --prefix svn/ # View all branches and tags you have cloned: git branch -r # Create a new branch in SVN git svn branch waldo # Reset your master to trunk (or any other branch, replacing 'trunk' # with the appropriate name): - git reset --hard remotes/trunk + git reset --hard svn/trunk # You may only dcommit to one branch/tag/trunk at a time. The usage # of dcommit/rebase/show-ignore should be the same as above. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ @@ -827,7 +832,7 @@ have each person clone that repository with 'git clone': ------------------------------------------------------------------------ # Do the initial import on a server - ssh server "cd /pub && git svn clone http://svn.example.com/project + ssh server "cd /pub && git svn clone http://svn.example.com/project [options...]" # Clone locally - make sure the refs/remotes/ space matches the server mkdir project cd project @@ -840,8 +845,9 @@ have each person clone that repository with 'git clone': git config --remove-section remote.origin # Create a local branch from one of the branches just fetched git checkout -b master FETCH_HEAD -# Initialize 'git svn' locally (be sure to use the same URL and -T/-b/-t options as were used on server) - git svn init http://svn.example.com/project +# Initialize 'git svn' locally (be sure to use the same URL and +# --stdlayout/-T/-b/-t/--prefix options as were used on server) + git svn init http://svn.example.com/project [options...] # Pull the latest changes from Subversion git svn rebase ------------------------------------------------------------------------ @@ -973,6 +979,15 @@ without giving any repository layout options. If the full history with branches and tags is required, the options '--trunk' / '--branches' / '--tags' must be used. +When using the options for describing the repository layout (--trunk, +--tags, --branches, --stdlayout), please also specify the --prefix +option (e.g. '--prefix=origin/') to cause your SVN-tracking refs to be +placed at refs/remotes/origin/* rather than the default refs/remotes/*. +The former is more compatible with the layout of Git's "regular" +remote-tracking refs (refs/remotes/$remote/*), and may potentially +prevent similarly named SVN branches and Git remotes from clobbering +each other. + When using multiple --branches or --tags, 'git svn' does not automatically handle name collisions (for example, if two branches from different paths have the same name, or if a branch and a tag have the same name). In these cases, @@ -1035,8 +1050,8 @@ comma-separated list of names within braces. For example: [svn-remote "huge-project"] url = http://server.org/svn fetch = trunk/src:refs/remotes/trunk - branches = branches/{red,green}/src:refs/remotes/branches/* - tags = tags/{1.0,2.0}/src:refs/remotes/tags/* + branches = branches/{red,green}/src:refs/remotes/project-a/branches/* + tags = tags/{1.0,2.0}/src:refs/remotes/project-a/tags/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Multiple fetch, branches, and tags keys are supported: -- 1.8.4.653.g2df02b3 -- 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