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. Note that git checkout -b is short form for git branch <local branch>; git branch --set-upstream <local branch> <remote branch>; git checkout <local branch>.

   % 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 ...