svnadmin create /usr/local/src/TM/svn-tst/7720-svn/ svn mkdir file:///usr/local/src/TM/svn-tst/7720-svn/trunk -m "Add trunk dir" svn mkdir file:///usr/local/src/TM/svn-tst/7720-svn/trunk/swp -m "Add swp dir" In my git repo I do git-svn init file:///usr/local/src/TM/svn-tst/7720-svn/trunk/swp git-svn fetch git branch svn remotes/git-svn #make remotes/git-svn parent to the initial commit in my git tree graftid=`git-show-ref -s svn` echo da783cce390ce013b19f1d308ea6813269c6a6b5 $graftid > .git/info/grafts #da783... is the initial commit in my git tree. git-svn dcommit fails with: Committing to file:///usr/local/src/TM/svn-tst/7720-svn/trunk/swp ... Commit da783cce390ce013b19f1d308ea6813269c6a6b5 has no parent commit, and therefore nothing to diff against. You should be working from a repository originally created by git-svn Jocke - 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