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From: Martin Larsson <martin.liste.larsson@gmail.com>
Subject: git-svn-problem: Unnecessary  downloading entire branch?
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:53:59 +0200
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I have a local git-copy of the company svn-repository. The git-copy is
up-to-date (git svn fetch). I then add a new branch in the
svn-repository (svn cp http://.../trunk http://...branches/JIRA-4444).
When I then do 'git svn fetch' again, it pulls all the files from the
svn-repository. 

I was expecting it to only pull the fact that a new branch was made
(taking milliseconds), not all the files in the branch (taking more than
half an hour to complete). Why does it need to transfer all the files?

I did have problems getting the original svn-repository. It took several
days and stopped several times in the process. Each time it stopped, I
just issued 'git svn fetch' again and it seemed to continue. Could this
be related? How could I make a better copy?

M.