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1 | svn-fe(1) |
2 | ========= | |
3 | ||
4 | NAME | |
5 | ---- | |
6 | svn-fe - convert an SVN "dumpfile" to a fast-import stream | |
7 | ||
8 | SYNOPSIS | |
9 | -------- | |
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10 | [verse] |
11 | mkfifo backchannel && | |
7a75e661 | 12 | svnadmin dump --deltas REPO | |
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13 | svn-fe [url] 3<backchannel | |
14 | git fast-import --cat-blob-fd=3 3>backchannel | |
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15 | |
16 | DESCRIPTION | |
17 | ----------- | |
18 | ||
d0fc40c7 | 19 | Converts a Subversion dumpfile into input suitable for |
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20 | git-fast-import(1) and similar importers. REPO is a path to a |
21 | Subversion repository mirrored on the local disk. Remote Subversion | |
22 | repositories can be mirrored on local disk using the `svnsync` | |
23 | command. | |
24 | ||
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25 | Note: this tool is very young. The details of its commandline |
26 | interface may change in backward incompatible ways. | |
27 | ||
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28 | INPUT FORMAT |
29 | ------------ | |
30 | Subversion's repository dump format is documented in full in | |
31 | `notes/dump-load-format.txt` from the Subversion source tree. | |
32 | Files in this format can be generated using the 'svnadmin dump' or | |
33 | 'svk admin dump' command. | |
34 | ||
35 | OUTPUT FORMAT | |
36 | ------------- | |
37 | The fast-import format is documented by the git-fast-import(1) | |
38 | manual page. | |
39 | ||
40 | NOTES | |
41 | ----- | |
42 | Subversion dumps do not record a separate author and committer for | |
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43 | each revision, nor do they record a separate display name and email |
44 | address for each author. Like git-svn(1), 'svn-fe' will use the name | |
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45 | |
46 | --------- | |
47 | user <user@UUID> | |
48 | --------- | |
49 | ||
50 | as committer, where 'user' is the value of the `svn:author` property | |
51 | and 'UUID' the repository's identifier. | |
52 | ||
712308f2 | 53 | To support incremental imports, 'svn-fe' puts a `git-svn-id` line at |
a7793a74 | 54 | the end of each commit log message if passed a URL on the command |
712308f2 | 55 | line. This line has the form `git-svn-id: URL@REVNO UUID`. |
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56 | |
57 | The resulting repository will generally require further processing | |
58 | to put each project in its own repository and to separate the history | |
9df53c5d | 59 | of each branch. The 'git filter-repo --subdirectory-filter' command |
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60 | may be useful for this purpose. |
61 | ||
62 | BUGS | |
63 | ---- | |
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64 | Empty directories and unknown properties are silently discarded. |
65 | ||
66 | The exit status does not reflect whether an error was detected. | |
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67 | |
68 | SEE ALSO | |
69 | -------- | |
9df53c5d | 70 | git-svn(1), svn2git(1), svk(1), git-filter-repo(1), git-fast-import(1), |
e605164d | 71 | https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/notes/dump-load-format.txt |