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diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
index 5383496cbb..f1417deb99 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
@@ -79,8 +79,13 @@ COMMANDS
trailing slash, so be sure you include one in the
argument if that is what you want. If --branches/-b is
specified, the prefix must include a trailing slash.
- Setting a prefix is useful if you wish to track multiple
- projects that share a common repository.
+ Setting a prefix (with a trailing slash) is strongly
+ encouraged in any case, as your SVN-tracking refs will
+ then be located at "refs/remotes/$prefix/*", which is
+ compatible with Git's own remote-tracking ref layout
+ (refs/remotes/$remote/*). Setting a prefix is also useful
+ if you wish to track multiple projects that share a common
+ repository.
--ignore-paths=<regex>;;
When passed to 'init' or 'clone' this regular expression will
be preserved as a config key. See 'fetch' for a description
@@ -811,16 +816,16 @@ Tracking and contributing to an entire Subversion-managed project
------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Clone a repo with standard SVN directory layout (like git clone):
- git svn clone http://svn.example.com/project --stdlayout
+ git svn clone http://svn.example.com/project --stdlayout --prefix svn/
# Or, if the repo uses a non-standard directory layout:
- git svn clone http://svn.example.com/project -T tr -b branch -t tag
+ git svn clone http://svn.example.com/project -T tr -b branch -t tag --prefix svn/
# View all branches and tags you have cloned:
git branch -r
# Create a new branch in SVN
git svn branch waldo
# Reset your master to trunk (or any other branch, replacing 'trunk'
# with the appropriate name):
- git reset --hard remotes/trunk
+ git reset --hard svn/trunk
# You may only dcommit to one branch/tag/trunk at a time. The usage
# of dcommit/rebase/show-ignore should be the same as above.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -834,7 +839,7 @@ have each person clone that repository with 'git clone':
------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Do the initial import on a server
- ssh server "cd /pub && git svn clone http://svn.example.com/project
+ ssh server "cd /pub && git svn clone http://svn.example.com/project [options...]"
# Clone locally - make sure the refs/remotes/ space matches the server
mkdir project
cd project
@@ -847,8 +852,9 @@ have each person clone that repository with 'git clone':
git config --remove-section remote.origin
# Create a local branch from one of the branches just fetched
git checkout -b master FETCH_HEAD
-# Initialize 'git svn' locally (be sure to use the same URL and -T/-b/-t options as were used on server)
- git svn init http://svn.example.com/project
+# Initialize 'git svn' locally (be sure to use the same URL and
+# --stdlayout/-T/-b/-t/--prefix options as were used on server)
+ git svn init http://svn.example.com/project [options...]
# Pull the latest changes from Subversion
git svn rebase
------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -980,6 +986,15 @@ without giving any repository layout options. If the full history with
branches and tags is required, the options '--trunk' / '--branches' /
'--tags' must be used.
+When using the options for describing the repository layout (--trunk,
+--tags, --branches, --stdlayout), please also specify the --prefix
+option (e.g. '--prefix=origin/') to cause your SVN-tracking refs to be
+placed at refs/remotes/origin/* rather than the default refs/remotes/*.
+The former is more compatible with the layout of Git's "regular"
+remote-tracking refs (refs/remotes/$remote/*), and may potentially
+prevent similarly named SVN branches and Git remotes from clobbering
+each other.
+
When using multiple --branches or --tags, 'git svn' does not automatically
handle name collisions (for example, if two branches from different paths have
the same name, or if a branch and a tag have the same name). In these cases,
@@ -1042,8 +1057,8 @@ 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/*
+ branches = branches/{red,green}/src:refs/remotes/project-a/branches/*
+ tags = tags/{1.0,2.0}/src:refs/remotes/project-a/tags/*
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Multiple fetch, branches, and tags keys are supported: