Pragmatic Version Control Using Git

10.2 Making Sure git-svn Is Available

Git has a tool called git-svn that handles communication with a Subversion repository. Depending on how you installed Git, you may already have git-svn installed. To determine whether you have it installed, run git svn --version:

prompt> git svn --version



git-svn version 1.6.0.2 (svn 1.4.4)

Being the Git: Using Git in a Subversion Company

At a past job, I worked on performance testing and tuning of the company’s application. I did a lot of experimentation interspersed with random adjustments to specific areas as they came across my radar. The engineering department used Subversion to track their changes.

My development was anything but linear. I often worked on several different ...