So, you already know that svn sucks and you want to switch to git because you know it’s awesome, but you are stuck in a team environment of svn-zombies.
What can you do? You can try to convert all the non-deads at once… or you can use git-svn and get them into git one by one.
git-svn let’s you interact with a svn server using git as your client. Some git GUIs support git svn. On Mac OSX you can use GitX(L) or SourceTree. Here is how to do it using the commandline.
To get a copy of your svn repo (assuming you have the de facto standard structure of trunk, branches and tags dirs) do:
From here, use your local repo as usually, i.e. do some hacking, add your files and commit them. Rinse, repeat.
When you are ready to commit your changes, get the changes from the svn repo:
and commit your changes:
That’s it!
What can you do? You can try to convert all the non-deads at once… or you can use git-svn and get them into git one by one.
git-svn let’s you interact with a svn server using git as your client. Some git GUIs support git svn. On Mac OSX you can use GitX(L) or SourceTree. Here is how to do it using the commandline.
To get a copy of your svn repo (assuming you have the de facto standard structure of trunk, branches and tags dirs) do:
git svn init -s http://path/to/your/svn/projectFrom here, use your local repo as usually, i.e. do some hacking, add your files and commit them. Rinse, repeat.
git add somefile git commit...When you are ready to commit your changes, get the changes from the svn repo:
git svn rebaseand commit your changes:
git svn dcommitThat’s it!