How to Convert SVN to Git [Video]
If you are still using SVN but want to make the move to everyone's favorite versioning format, wait no more.
I hit every error possible when converting SVN to GIT. I eventually figured out the simplest way to avoid errors during the conversion process.
Migrate SVN to Git from Local File Repositories
To migrate from SVN to GIT I found it most reliable to use a local svn server, having migrated from remote svn using an svn dump file, then using svnserve to allow conversion using git svn over the svn protocol.
- Have a local SVN server; I’ve been using Visual SVN Server
- I migrated remote SVN repos via a dump file http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.ref.svnadmin.c.dump.html
- Imported the dump file into Visual SVN
- Running
svnserve -d –foreground -rin the foot folder containing the svn repos - Then I can use git svn to clone the repo with the svn protocol
git svn clone svn://127.0.0.1/my-repo -s- Then I can add a remote server and push it to my local repo
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git remote add origin -
git push origin master -u
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This avoids all errors like CPAN Core, SVN file format versions above 1.6, malformed XML over HTTP, and slow http connections.
This just works.
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