Dennis Schridde wrote: >>> Server: git config: >>> ------ [...] >>> [svn-remote "svn"] >>> useSvnsyncProps = 1 >>> url = file:///var/svn/warzone2100 >>> fetch = trunk:refs/remotes/trunk >>> branches = branches/*:refs/remotes/* >>> tags = tags/*:refs/remotes/tags/* >>> ------ [...] >>> Local config: >>> ------ [...] >>> [remote "origin"] >>> url = git://git.kynes.de/org.gna.warzone2100.git >>> fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* >> You need to make that: >> >> fetch = refs/remotes/*:refs/remotes/* >> >> And re-run 'git fetch' to use git-svn fetch on the cloned repository. >> git-svn is expecting the refs/ space to be populated in the same way >> that it is on the repository doing the initial fetch. > Thanks a lot! > That worked! > > Possibly you should update the manpage, so no others run into this. > It currently just says: > # Tell git-svn which branch contains the Subversion commits > git update-ref refs/remotes/git-svn origin/master > Which is apparently not sufficient (or outdated?). Indeed, that would be helpful. Subject: [PATCH] git-svn(1): update instructions for resuming a git-svn clone git-svn expects its references under refs/remotes/*; but these will not be copied or set by "git clone"; put in this man page the manual fiddling that is required with current git-svn to get this to work. Signed-off-by: Sam Vilain <sam.vilain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-svn.txt | 11 +++++++---- 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt index e1a1d46..b1d527f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt @@ -456,10 +456,13 @@ 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.foo.org/project -# Clone locally - git clone server:/pub/project -# Tell git-svn which branch contains the Subversion commits - git update-ref refs/remotes/git-svn origin/master +# Clone locally - make sure the refs/remotes/ space matches the server + mkdir project + cd project + git-init + git remote add origin server:/pub/project + git config --add remote.origin.fetch=+refs/remotes/*:refs/remotes/* + git fetch # 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.foo.org/project # Pull the latest changes from Subversion -- 1.5.3.5 - 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