git svn with standard layout and how to do a 'svn revert' with git
In my last blog I made a recall on git, linking to a workflow example, presented by the GNOME guys. After some more days using git, I need to re-update ;)
Starting with the “git svn clone” command. This command knows the option -s or –stdlayout, if an svn repository with a so-called standard layout shall be cloned. The standard layout is the directory structure of the repository or project. E.g. the project test_project needs to have the following structure
test_project/
trunk/
tags/
branches/
To clone this project and preserve svn’s tags and branches, use the following command
git svn clone -s http://svn.example.com/test_project
Additionally, after some coding, I needed something like a ‘svn revert’ and searched for it in git. I found this site, and boom, got the solution :) The following line will reset the changes in your working files.
git reset --hard HEAD
AND NOT
git revert HEAD
which would revert your last commit - something not even possible with svn!
If you want to reset a single file only, you should use the following command:
git checkout -- filename
You can leave out the ‘–’. They are just in case you have a file, which has the same name as a command or option of git.
Cheers, iss