Editing Convert the SVN repository to GitLab

'''Following this guide allows one to convert a specific SVN repository to a GitLab project, including turning SVN revisions to commits and the participants to GitLab users.'''


* SSH to phobos.apoyar This server is reserved for maintenance/support and has all relevant software installed.
* Obtain the SVN url of the repository in question. The one used has already been converted, use it as an example.
* cd to /home/neal/git/svn This is an empty folder reserved for the conversion process:
** git svn clone --no-minimize-url <nowiki>http://saturn:8008/svn/Apoyar/BMAPI/BleckmannApi</nowiki> .
* Examine the results in the folder. Use git status to check.
* Create new project on GitLab. Copy its url. In this example, the BleckmannAPI project has been used, please use yours.
* Push to GitLab:
** git remote add origin <nowiki>https://gitlab.apoyar.eu/root/BleckmannAPI.git</nowiki>
** git push –u origin master
* GitLab will now show all commits and files of the repository. Only master branch will exist
* if there is a non-existing user(s) in commits:
** Open the project in GitLab
** Browse through the commits
** Copy and paste all user emails you found to text file
** Make the master branch unprotected
** Copy the git-author-rewrite.sh file (residing in the parent folder: /home/neal/git/) to the current svn folder.
** '''Edit the file and replace the following values with their current ones:'''.
*** OLD_EMAIL=" "
*** CORRECT_NAME=" "
*** CORRECT_EMAIL
** Run ./git-author-rewrite.sh
** Push the changes over:
*** git push --force --tags origin 'refs/heads/*'
** check whether it’s OK
** delete the backup:
*** git update-ref -d refs/original/refs/heads/master
** if there are more usernames just repeat the steps from '''Edit the file and replace the values in question'''.