| svn-fe(1) |
| ========= |
| |
| NAME |
| ---- |
| svn-fe - convert an SVN "dumpfile" to a fast-import stream |
| |
| SYNOPSIS |
| -------- |
| [verse] |
| mkfifo backchannel && |
| svnadmin dump --deltas REPO | |
| svn-fe [url] 3<backchannel | |
| git fast-import --cat-blob-fd=3 3>backchannel |
| |
| DESCRIPTION |
| ----------- |
| |
| Converts a Subversion dumpfile into input suitable for |
| git-fast-import(1) and similar importers. REPO is a path to a |
| Subversion repository mirrored on the local disk. Remote Subversion |
| repositories can be mirrored on local disk using the `svnsync` |
| command. |
| |
| Note: this tool is very young. The details of its commandline |
| interface may change in backward incompatible ways. |
| |
| INPUT FORMAT |
| ------------ |
| Subversion's repository dump format is documented in full in |
| `notes/dump-load-format.txt` from the Subversion source tree. |
| Files in this format can be generated using the 'svnadmin dump' or |
| 'svk admin dump' command. |
| |
| OUTPUT FORMAT |
| ------------- |
| The fast-import format is documented by the git-fast-import(1) |
| manual page. |
| |
| NOTES |
| ----- |
| Subversion dumps do not record a separate author and committer for |
| each revision, nor do they record a separate display name and email |
| address for each author. Like git-svn(1), 'svn-fe' will use the name |
| |
| --------- |
| user <user@UUID> |
| --------- |
| |
| as committer, where 'user' is the value of the `svn:author` property |
| and 'UUID' the repository's identifier. |
| |
| To support incremental imports, 'svn-fe' puts a `git-svn-id` line at |
| the end of each commit log message if passed a URL on the command |
| line. This line has the form `git-svn-id: URL@REVNO UUID`. |
| |
| The resulting repository will generally require further processing |
| to put each project in its own repository and to separate the history |
| of each branch. The 'git filter-branch --subdirectory-filter' command |
| may be useful for this purpose. |
| |
| BUGS |
| ---- |
| Empty directories and unknown properties are silently discarded. |
| |
| The exit status does not reflect whether an error was detected. |
| |
| SEE ALSO |
| -------- |
| git-svn(1), svn2git(1), svk(1), git-filter-branch(1), git-fast-import(1), |
| https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/notes/dump-load-format.txt |
