From: john maclean Date: 2009-01-20T01:00:05+09:00 Subject: Re: cloning ruby's svn repo 2009/1/19 Jano Svitok : > On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 01:50, john maclean wrote: >> from http://blog.emptyway.com/2008/06/19/full-git-clone-of-matz-ruby-subversion-repository/ >> >> git svn clone --stdlayout http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby >> >> This takes a long time and collects 300Mb+ of data. Say I just wanted >> 1.9 or from 1.8.4 to 1.9, how's that done? > > Maybe you can just synchronize (however it's called in git-speak) with > vladimir's git repo, he (or his scripts) will do the conversion for > you. > Then IIRC, you can specify starting revision in the command. > > http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-svn.html look for > --revision. Now the only thing left is to figure out the starting > revision for 1.8.4. > > I don't known whether is it possible to strip some branches as well. > > git svn init --prefix=origin/ --stdlayout http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos.ruby git svn etch --all gonna play with that a bit to see what it brings -- John Maclean 07739 171 531 MSc (DIC) Timezone: GMT