# You may only dcommit to one branch/tag/trunk at a time. The usage\r
# of dcommit/rebase/show-ignore should be the same as above.</tt></pre>\r
</div></div>\r
+<p>The initial <em>git-svn clone</em> can be quite time-consuming\r
+(especially for large Subversion repositories). If multiple\r
+people (or one person with multiple machines) want to use\r
+git-svn to interact with the same Subversion repository, you can\r
+do the initial <em>git-svn clone</em> to a repository on a server and\r
+have each person clone that repository with <em>git clone</em>:</p>\r
+<div class="listingblock">\r
+<div class="content">\r
+<pre><tt># Do the initial import on a server\r
+ ssh server "cd /pub && git-svn clone http://svn.foo.org/project\r
+# Clone locally\r
+ git clone server:/pub/project\r
+# Tell git-svn which branch contains the Subversion commits\r
+ git update-ref refs/remotes/git-svn origin/master\r
+# Initialize git-svn locally (be sure to use the same URL and -T/-b/-t options as were used on server)\r
+ git-svn init http://svn.foo.org/project\r
+# Pull the latest changes from Subversion\r
+ git-svn rebase</tt></pre>\r
+</div></div>\r
</div>\r
<h2>REBASE VS. PULL/MERGE</h2>\r
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-Last updated 19-Jul-2007 02:09:56 UTC\r
+Last updated 07-Aug-2007 06:05:54 UTC\r
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# of dcommit/rebase/show-ignore should be the same as above.
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+The initial 'git-svn clone' can be quite time-consuming
+(especially for large Subversion repositories). If multiple
+people (or one person with multiple machines) want to use
+git-svn to interact with the same Subversion repository, you can
+do the initial 'git-svn clone' to a repository on a server and
+have each person clone that repository with 'git clone':
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Do the initial import on a server
+ ssh server "cd /pub && git-svn clone http://svn.foo.org/project
+# Clone locally
+ git clone server:/pub/project
+# Tell git-svn which branch contains the Subversion commits
+ git update-ref refs/remotes/git-svn origin/master
+# Initialize git-svn locally (be sure to use the same URL and -T/-b/-t options as were used on server)
+ git-svn init http://svn.foo.org/project
+# Pull the latest changes from Subversion
+ git-svn rebase
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
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