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SourceForge.net svn repo to github git repo import script

Licence (MIT Licence)

Copyright (c) 2011 Simon Walker

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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#!/bin/bash
# imports the svn repo from a sf.net project into a github repo.
# please ensure:
# a) the github repo exists
# b) the sf.net project exists
# c) svn2git is installed and the path is correct
# d) the svn2git authors file exists and is correctly populated
SVN2GIT="/var/lib/gems/1.8/bin/svn2git"
SVNAUTHORS="/home/stwalkerster/svnauthors.txt"
TRUNKDIR="RoadworksModel"
# sourceforge project unix name
SFNETPROJECT="roadworksmodel"
# github repo - must exist, and you must be able to push to it etc.
GITHUBREPO="roadworksmodel"
# your username on github - can be an organisation name.
# Full repo path will be constructed in the form $GITHUBUSER/$GITHUBREPO.git, hence default settings
# will push to the repo at http://github.com/stwalkerster/roadworksmodel
GITHUBUSER="stwalkerster"
mkdir /tmp/$GITHUBREPO
cd /tmp/$GITHUBREPO
echo "Downloading local copy of svn repo..."
# thanks to
# http://www.guyrutenberg.com/2008/12/12/backup-a-sourceforge-hosted-svn-repository-sf-svn-backup/
# for this trick!
rsync -aq $SFNETPROJECT.svn.sourceforge.net::svn/$SFNETPROJECT/* sfnet
echo "Converting to git..."
mkdir git
cd git
$SVN2GIT file:///tmp/$GITHUBREPO/sfnet/ --authors $SVNAUTHORS --trunk $TRUNKDIR
echo "Pushing to github..."
git remote add origin git@github.com:$GITHUBUSER/$GITHUBREPO.git
git push -u origin master
echo "Done!"
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