My quick web search found
http://julipedia.meroh.net/2012/02/converting-subversion-repository-to-git.html
The only little problem is that git svn does not recognize Subversion tags as
such and therefore converts them to Git branches instead of tags.
Is that part of the problem? Or is it that
If the problem is that you type in something like:
git svn clone svn.repo
have you tried:
git svn clone 'svn.repo '
put the repo name inside ' marks and put in the trailing blank. If you
want a equivalent, but more esoteric command:
git svc clone svn.repo\
with a space after the \ (aka back