Hi, I'm working on a project to convert SVN revisions to a stream that git-fast-import can import. We have already built an excellent exporter for an SVN dumpfile [1], because we figured that dumpfile is the most reliable way to get data out of SVN. Now, to connect to the SVN server and emit data in the dumpfile format, Jonas has already written rsvndump [2], but I find it to be unnecessarily elaborate and complicated for our purposes- I believe that by using svn_ra_replay_range, it can be simplified to a great extent. I've therefore just started out writing an SVN client from scratch [3], but I have some conceptual difficulties. As I understand it, I should attach an editor to replay revisions through, and map the actions (like add_directory, add_file) to a printf statement that translates that action to a representation in dumpfile format. (Why) do I need delta builders and path hashers like the one that rsvndump implements?
Thanks. -- Ram [1]: http://github.com/artagnon/svn-dump-fast-export [2]: http://github.com/jgehring/rsvndump [3]: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/148250
