Manually Migrating from svn to git

Question

I am trying to migrate my svn repo from svn to git and it keeps on failing, it stops with the following output:

W: -empty_dir: trunk/ncontinuity2.core/extensions

When I do a git branch -a, it shows that it has not moved all the branches and indeed displays some branches that have been previously delted.

I have decide I can live without the history.

Is there anyway I can do this move manualy and recreate my branch structure in git?

I have tried git-svn and git2svn and both do not import my repo correctly, I just want to do it manually now.

Why do neither git-svn nor git2svn import your repository correctly? Perhaps that's the question that you should ask and get answered, as using either of those are much much easier than doing it all manually. — CanSpice
– CanSpice, Commented Sep 16, 2010 at 16:27
Agreed with CanSpice: What's the problem you're having, especially with svn2git? I've used that successfully on quite a few twisty nasty svn repos. — ebneter
– ebneter, Commented Sep 17, 2010 at 21:16
I posted this follow up question stackoverflow.com/questions/3733524/…. — dagda1
– dagda1, Commented Sep 18, 2010 at 14:16

ZeissS · Accepted Answer · 2010-09-16 15:26:54Z

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If you only want the working code, no history:

svn export <url> <other folder>
cd <other folder>
git init .

answered Sep 16, 2010 at 15:26

ZeissS

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BUt this will not create git branches from the svn branches