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Using the git-svn Command

17 May 2026

Bidirectional operation between a Subversion repository and Git. More information: <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-svn>.

Clone an SVN repository:

git svn clone *https://example.com/subversion_repo* *local_directory*

Clone an SVN repository starting at a given revision number:

git svn clone *[-r|--revision]* *1234*:HEAD *https://svn.example.net/subversion/repo* *local_directory*

Update local clone from the remote SVN repository:

git svn rebase

Fetch updates from the remote SVN repository without changing the Git HEAD:

git svn fetch

Commit back to the SVN repository:

git svn commit

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