How to avoid subfolder creation when using git svn?

Question

I am trying to clone the achartengine subversion repository running the following command:

git svn clone http://achartengine.googlecode.com/svn -s achartengine

However, after process finished a unneeded subfolder is created:

├── achartengine
│   └── achartengine
│       ├── AndroidManifest.xml
│       ├── assets
│       ├── bin
│       ├── build.xml
│       ├── demo
│       ├── extra
│       ├── lib
│       ├── lint.xml
│       ├── pom.xml
│       ├── project.properties
│       ├── res
│       ├── src
│       └── test
└── .git

Is there a way to avoid the subfolder creation?

menghan · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-12 10:45:02Z

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IMHO git-svn does the right thing, there is an unneeded subfoler in svn repo's trunk view. If you really want to avoid a subfoler, remove it in svn first.

Another way to solve this problem is to clone the subdirectory directly:

git svn clone http://achartengine.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/achartengine achartengine

answered Sep 12, 2014 at 10:45

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JJD Over a year ago

I thought I tried this before. Obviously not. Thank you. - Interesting enough: the GitHub importer does still create a subfolder.

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