Here are some useful git-svn commands that I found really usefull when working in a SVN oriented environment.
Start a new project with /trunk /branches /tags
mkdir /srv/www/projectname
cd /srv/www/projectname
git svn init -s svn://svn.somedomain.com/appname .
git svn fetch
git svn show-ignore >> .git/info/exclude
Create a remote (svn)branch based on /trunk
# make sure you have a clean working directory
git checkout master
git svn branch -m "MESSAGE" some_branch_name
# List all remote branches
git branch -r
# Have a look at a remote branch
git checkout some_branch_name
# Checkoout the remote branch and create a local branch with the same name
git checkout -b some_branch_name
Start a new project with only trunk
mkdir /srv/www/projectname
cd /srv/www/projectname
git svn init --trunk=trunk svn://svn.somedomain.com/appname .
git svn fetch
git svn show-ignore >> .git/info/exclude
Get changes from Subversion server
I advise you to run the following often. This way you will stay up to date with changes from the central subversion repository.
# Stash everything that you do not want to commit to svn so you have a clean working directory
git stash
# Get the latest changes from subversion
git svn rebase
git stash apply
Sample commit to svn via git
# Commit something to your local git repository
git stash
git svn rebase
git svn dcommit -n #dry run
git svn dcommit
git stash apply