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Using Git on Mac? I cant find git-svn

I am trying to use git on the Mac OS X and I can't find git-svn to do something like

git-svn clone -s http://example.com/my_subversion_repo local_dir

is 

git svn clone -s http://example.com/my_subversion_repo local_dir

The same?

Solution

  • Though I've never used the feature, I believe those two should be equivalent. My reasoning is:

    • performing simply git svn results in the error that .git wasn't found, within the script /usr/libexec/git-core/git-svn;
    • opening that script in a text editor reveals the credit of the author of git-svn:

    Copyright (C) 2006, Eric Wong

    • hence running git svn help gives:

    git-svn - bidirectional operations between a single Subversion tree and git