Question

I created a git mirror of an SVN repository by doing:

• Create a new repo on github
• mkdir mirror && cd mirror
• git svn init [svn url]
• git svn fetch -rHEAD
• git remote add origin [github url]
• git svn rebase
• git push origin master

This works great, and I can update it with simply:

• git svn rebase
• git push origin master

However, if I move to a different computer and want to update it, I tried:

• git clone [github url]
• git svn init [svn url]
• git svn fetch -rHEAD
• git remote add origin [github url]
• git svn rebase

but here I get:

“Unable to determine upstream SVN information from working tree history”

Can anyone explain the correct way to do this?

Answer 1

I had the same need and eventually found an example here:

http://rip747.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/reviving-a-git-svn-clone/

To answer in the context of your question:

git clone [github url]
cd repo
git svn init [svn url]
git update-ref refs/remotes/git-svn refs/remotes/origin/master
git svn rebase