Re: git svn project shuffle

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Hi Chris,

Christopher Snapp wrote:

> # If I try to start from scratch by using git svn clone --stdlayout
> the "newproj" location I lose all of the revision history associated
> with "oldproj/trunk" that has been copied to newproj/trunk/oldproj.
> How can I have git understand the history for the
> newproj/trunk/oldproj location?

If I were in your situation I would do the following:

 0. Make backups!
 1. git svn init -Rnew ...newproj info...
 2. Edit .git/config to put the new project in a separate
     refs/remotes/newproj/ hierarchy.
 3. git svn -Rnew fetch
 4. gitk --all.  Look around.
 5. For each "tip" of the old history:
     git replace <corresponding new commit> <old branch tip>
 6. gitk --all.  Make sure it looks right.
 7. git filter-branch -- --all
 8. rm -fr .git/svn.  This is destructive, but only of information
    you're probably not using.  (It forgets old properties, for
    example.)
 9. Edit .git/config and use "git branch -r -d" to get rid of references
    to oldproj.  Rename the newproj svn-remote to "svn" again.
10. git svn fetch.
11. gitk --all.  Everything good?  Push.

> # An alternative would be if I could somehow reconfigure my already
> checked out oldproj git repo so I retain all of the version history
> and my local branches and can move forward checking code into the
> newproj/trunk/oldproj location?

If your history in each branch is not published and is linear, you
could also try just putting the old and new histories in one temporary
repo and rebasing your private branches.

Or you can export your own work with "git format-patch" or "git
fast-export" and reimport it with "git am" or "git fast-import".

Hope that helps,
Jonathan