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From: David Barr <davidbarr@google.com>
Subject: Re: How to migrate a complex directory structure from SVN to GIT?
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:46:19 +1100
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> If however you have a more complex layout, you can use "git svn init"=
, then
> edit .git/config to suit your needs, then run "git svn fetch".
> And by "suit your needs", I mean you can add multiple "fetch=3D..." l=
ines.
> In my case, I ended up having one "fetch=3D..." for each trunk, branc=
h and
> tag.
> It was not efficient, it took 2 weeks to convert <30k revisions, ~200
> branches/project, ~80 projects, but it works well enough for me.
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Jehan

This is why we need to breath life into the git-remote-svn effort.
We should be able to handle imports of that size in minutes.
(Cost of dumping from SVN aside.)

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David Barr