SVN to Git Branch/Tag/Trunk

git svn tags branch trunk
Oliver Spryn picture Oliver Spryn · Oct 30, 2012 · Viewed 17.1k times · Source

I am making the leap from SVN to Git (though, my respect for SVN will still hold) and I had a few questions for some SVN to Git terminology. In SVN, many repositories are setup like this:

- trunk  : The place where all of the main development occurs
- tag    : Storing versions of major releases or important milestones
- branch : Where smaller "branch" development occurs as to not conflict with the main development occurring in the trunk, then is later merged into the trunk

What are the standard convention names for branch/tag/trunk in Git?

Thank you for your time.

Answer

Dmitry Pavlenko picture Dmitry Pavlenko · Oct 30, 2012
  • SVN trunk --- Git master (refs/heads/master)
  • SVN branches/* --- Git branches (refs/heads/*)
  • SVN tags/* --- Git tags (refs/tags/*)

Related questions

Using git-svn, how do I dcommit tags?

I was using Git to retain a history of my project locally. I was later asked to commit the entire git project into a remote, empty svn project folder (the usual trunk, tags, branches structure, in that case and spelling). …

Read More
Why is Git better than Subversion?

I've been using Subversion for a few years and after using SourceSafe, I just love Subversion. Combined with TortoiseSVN, I can't really imagine how it could be any better. Yet there's a growing number of developers claiming that Subversion has …

Read More
How do I migrate an SVN repository with history to a new Git repository?

I read the Git manual, FAQ, Git - SVN crash course, etc. and they all explain this and that, but nowhere can you find a simple instruction like: SVN repository in: svn://myserver/path/to/svn/repos Git repository in: …

Read More