Creating a SVN branch

Creating a branch in the SVN repository is pretty simple using git svn.

1. In the local git repository run git svn branch [-m <message>] <branch name>.

   % git svn branch -m "Test Branch" test-branch 
   Copying https://pl3.projectlocker.com/BranchOut/SvnTestRepo/svn/trunk at r14 to https://pl3.projectlocker.com/BranchOut/SvnTestRepo/svn/branches/test-branch...
   Found possible branch point: https://pl3.projectlocker.com/BranchOut/SvnTestRepo/svn/trunk => https://pl3.projectlocker.com/BranchOut/SvnTestRepo/svn/branches/test-branch, 14
   Found branch parent: (refs/remotes/test-branch) 541cbcdedffaf2176baf8f5776763b60892d6d17
   Following parent with do_switch
   Successfully followed parent
   r15 = aa375997807e036421f7b16f0c2957174b7c56fc (refs/remotes/test-branch)
   

2. Locally, you're still not working in that branch. You'll need to setup git to track that branch. Unlike in normal Git we need to name the branch differently than the branch in SVN.

   % git checkout -b local/test-branch test-branch
   Switched to a new branch 'local/test-branch'
   

3. Now we can git dcommit and git svn rebase with the branch in our local branch. To verify this:

   % git svn rebase -n
   Remote Branch: refs/remotes/test-branch
   SVN URL: https://pl3.projectlocker.com/BranchOut/SvnTestRepo/svn/branches/test-branch
   % git svn dcommit -n
   Committing to https://pl3.projectlocker.com/BranchOut/SvnTestRepo/svn/branches/test-branch ...