Git + Svn: A road warrior's impressions
I just found out Howto use Git and svn together, by Flavio Castelli. In there, he lists the steps he uses to develop using Git, but keeping a Subversion repository in the loop.
In his Solve git-svn rebase problems section, Flavio uses git-stash to workaround git-svn rebase problems when your tree has local modifications. I use a different solution. I develop locally on a branch and never commit directly on master. This way I can git-svn rebase with impunity. When I’m ready to merge, I’ll git-svn rebase, followed by git checkout my-branch, git rebase master (to freshen my changes with the remote repository), and finally, I’ll git merge onto master. The steps:
1 git checkout -b francois 2 # work and commit locally on branch francois 3 git checkout master 4 git svn rebase 5 git checkout francois 6 git rebase master 7 # run the tests! 8 git checkout master 9 git merge francois # I might use --squash if the new feature warrants it 10 git svn dcommit # push to Subversion
Overall, my experience with this workflow has been great. I can the features of each system to it’s fullest advantage. I can be on the road, still Gittin’ it done, and the rest of the team still uses Subversion. This is a great combination!
Thanks to Jean-François Couture for showing me the light.
