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authorJay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com>2010-01-23 03:30:01 -0500
committerEric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>2010-01-23 03:23:04 -0800
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git-svn: allow subset of branches/tags to be specified in glob spec
For very large projects it is useful to be able to clone a subset of the upstream SVN repo's branches. Allow for this by letting the left-side of the branches and tags glob specs contain a brace-delineated comma-separated list of names. e.g.: branches = branches/{red,green}/src:refs/remotes/branches/* Signed-off-by: Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com> Acked-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
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@@ -838,6 +838,22 @@ independent path component (surrounded by '/' or EOL). This
type of configuration is not automatically created by 'init' and
should be manually entered with a text-editor or using 'git config'.
+It is also possible to fetch a subset of branches or tags by using a
+comma-separated list of names within braces. For example:
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+[svn-remote "huge-project"]
+ url = http://server.org/svn
+ fetch = trunk/src:refs/remotes/trunk
+ branches = branches/{red,green}/src:refs/remotes/branches/*
+ tags = tags/{1.0,2.0}/src:refs/remotes/tags/*
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Note that git-svn keeps track of the highest revision in which a branch
+or tag has appeared. If the subset of branches or tags is changed after
+fetching, then .git/svn/.metadata must be manually edited to remove (or
+reset) branches-maxRev and/or tags-maxRev as appropriate.
+
SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-rebase[1]