contrib/svn-fe/svn-fe.txt

   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 --------
  10 svnadmin dump --incremental REPO | svn-fe [url] | git fast-import
  11
  12 DESCRIPTION
  13 -----------
  14
  15 Converts a Subversion dumpfile into input suitable for
  16 git-fast-import(1) and similar importers. REPO is a path to a
  17 Subversion repository mirrored on the local disk. Remote Subversion
  18 repositories can be mirrored on local disk using the `svnsync`
  19 command.
  20
  21 Note: this tool is very young.  The details of its commandline
  22 interface may change in backward incompatible ways.
  23
  24 INPUT FORMAT
  25 ------------
  26 Subversion's repository dump format is documented in full in
  27 `notes/dump-load-format.txt` from the Subversion source tree.
  28 Files in this format can be generated using the 'svnadmin dump' or
  29 'svk admin dump' command.
  30
  31 Dumps produced with 'svnadmin dump --deltas' (dumpfile format v3)
  32 are not supported.
  33
  34 OUTPUT FORMAT
  35 -------------
  36 The fast-import format is documented by the git-fast-import(1)
  37 manual page.
  38
  39 NOTES
  40 -----
  41 Subversion dumps do not record a separate author and committer for
  42 each revision, nor a separate display name and email address for
  43 each author.  Like git-svn(1), 'svn-fe' will use the name
  44
  45 ---------
  46 user <user@UUID>
  47 ---------
  48
  49 as committer, where 'user' is the value of the `svn:author` property
  50 and 'UUID' the repository's identifier.
  51
  52 To support incremental imports, 'svn-fe' puts a `git-svn-id` line at
  53 the end of each commit log message if passed an url on the command
  54 line.  This line has the form `git-svn-id: URL@REVNO UUID`.
  55
  56 The resulting repository will generally require further processing
  57 to put each project in its own repository and to separate the history
  58 of each branch.  The 'git filter-branch --subdirectory-filter' command
  59 may be useful for this purpose.
  60
  61 BUGS
  62 ----
  63 Empty directories and unknown properties are silently discarded.
  64
  65 The exit status does not reflect whether an error was detected.
  66
  67 SEE ALSO
  68 --------
  69 git-svn(1), svn2git(1), svk(1), git-filter-branch(1), git-fast-import(1),
  70 https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/notes/dump-load-format.txt