git - how can I clone local svn repository?

Question

I am completely unable to find any explanation how I should specify location of existing svn repository. In other words - what should be used as URL in ``` git svn clone URL ``` when svn repository is local?

Accepted Answer

You should be able to succeed like this:

```
git svn clone file:///e/svn_repo_on_E_drive
```

Similar to svn checkout command:

```
svn co file:///e/svn_repo_on_E_drive
```

`file://` for folder on the current drive of the executing CMD prompt, `file:///d/some_folder` for `D:\some_folder`.

Note: The extra `/` and the removed colon `:` in the file link on Windows. `file://e:/svn_repo_on_E_drive` → `file:///e/svn_repo_on_E_drive`

`git svn clone` also works on remote svn repos

```
# for example
git svn clone https://your.hostname/path/here/svn/
```

- note: `git svn clone` gets all commits, as opposed to `svn checkout` only getting the most recent file set, and so the shell command can take a long time if the svn repo has lots of commits and/or files.

git - how can I clone local svn repository?

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