SVN到git：迁移到git时，如何保存在SVN仓库中移动的文件的历史记录？

Question

I have a situation similar to the following:

• SVN Revision 1
  • FolderA/FileA.ext

('svn move' used to move folder underneath a new folder)

• SVN Revision 2
  • NewParent/FolderA/FileA.ext

Using SVN, I can verify the history is present for both revisions.

When I use 'git svn clone', the target folder contains both FolderA/FileA.ext and NewParent/FolderA/FileA.ext, and there is no history link between them.

How can I preserve the history link and only end up with the newer folder structure? I only need to migrate once (no link to SVN repo is needed).

Answer 1

First, check that the history is indeed lost, by checking this answer or here :

git log --follow -- NewParent/FolderA/FileA.ext
# or
git log -M --summary -- NewParent/FolderA/FileA.ext 

If the link seems lost, you can try convert your svn repo using subgit , which does more work to keep all the svn information identical in the new git repo (as its author explains here ).