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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@catalyst.net.nz>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Sam Vilain 17 years ago committed by Junio C Hamano
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Documentation/git-svn.txt

@ -456,10 +456,13 @@ have each person clone that repository with 'git clone': @@ -456,10 +456,13 @@ have each person clone that repository with 'git clone':
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# 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

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