git-svn: cloning an SVN repo with sub-branches and sub-tags
From: Daniel Pocock <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:53:25
I'm trying to use git-svn to clone a repo that has sub-branches and sub-tags The SVN layout is like this: branches/user1/workitem1 branches/user1/workitem2 branches/user2/workitem1 branches/user2/workitem2 tags/v1.0 tags/v1.1 tags/debian/v1.0-1 tags/debian/v1.1-1 tags/debian/v1.1-2 In git, I would like to have branches with the same names, e.g. branches/user1/workitem1 branches/user1/workitem2 branches/user2/workitem1 branches/user2/workitem2 and tags like this: 1.0 (notice I don't want to keep the v1.0, drop the v) 1.1 debian/1.0-1 debian/1.1-1 debian/1.1-2 However, if I run git svn clone \ -T trunk \ -t tags \ -b branches \ https://flactag.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/flactag \ flactag-git1 I don't get any of the branches or tags, and I get numerous warnings like this: W: -empty_dir: branches/d_pocock/autotools/HTTPFetch.cc W: -empty_dir: branches/d_pocock/autotools/HTTPFetch.h W: Cannot find common ancestor between f475b655c10b55b36df8376a396c0d9534418617 and 7e277bfd626a1caa84681e93a7af73e0160eb2eb. Ignoring merge info. W: Cannot find common ancestor between f475b655c10b55b36df8376a396c0d9534418617 and a82cd9bd2197a89303558af9aad43fa0c23d1ddb. Ignoring merge info. I have the impression that git-svn does not like the repository layout, and it is not clear from the manual page how to make it work. Can anyone share any advice about this?