how to share the git svn configuration?

Question

So I set up a git-svn repo and pushed it to github. But if one clones it there is no svn config in the clone.
The diff between the repository I pushed and the one I cloned from github just after I pushed is :

The one I pushed (the svn clone with the svn info) is on the right - the clone from github is on the left
Which of those (folders/files (or config sections)) should I share to have people setup git-svn as I have ? In the sense that they clone and then copy paste those files (and possibly run git svn rebase) and they have the same setup as I have. I have cloned all the branches and tags of the svn repo as remote branches also and I would like to share those too. Ideally those files should still be valid even after I (we) start pushing/dcommiting between the git and svn repo

Answer 1

This seems to work for me:

git clone your-existing-git-repo new-cloned-repo
cd new-cloned-repo
git fetch origin refs/remotes/*:refs/remotes/*
git init
git svn init -s "svn://your-svn-server/your-svn-repo/your-svn-project"
git svn fetch
git checkout master
git svn rebase

While the above works, I have found the below makes a repo with a .git/config file that is identical to my original (no origin remote attachment to master branch).

mkdir new-cloned-repo
cd new-cloned-repo
git init --bare .git
git remote add backup your-existing-git-repo
git fetch backup refs/remotes/*:refs/remotes/*
git fetch backup refs/heads/*:refs/heads/*
git fetch backup refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*
git init

# update SVN references
git svn init -s "svn://your-svn-server/your-svn-repo/your-svn-project"
git config svn.authorsfile your-authors-file.txt
git svn fetch

git checkout master
git svn rebase
git svn show-ignore >> .git/info/exclude

This should clone all Git commits git clone/git fetch and remote branches (all SVN branches/tags that your existing repo knows about) git fetch origin refs/remotes/*, update the SVN connection info git svn init and then update the SVN revision to Git commit mappings via the git svn fetch.

The git svn init -s assumes you are storing stuff in the normal SVN way under your-svn-project (trunk, branches/*, tags/*).

I'm not sure if the git init is needed, but I am sure that it doesn't harm anything if it isn't needed. Also, the git checkout master is likely redundant, but harms nothing.