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I am trying to use git on the Mac OS X and I can't find git-svn to do something like

git-svn clone -s http://example.com/my_subversion_repo local_dir

is 

git svn clone -s http://example.com/my_subversion_repo local_dir

The same?

Adi
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Though I've never used the feature, I believe those two should be equivalent. My reasoning is:

  • performing simply git svn results in the error that .git wasn't found, within the script /usr/libexec/git-core/git-svn;
  • opening that script in a text editor reveals the credit of the author of git-svn:

Copyright (C) 2006, Eric Wong

  • hence running git svn help gives:

git-svn - bidirectional operations between a single Subversion tree and git

Tommy
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    The command `git FOO` means to run the command `git-FOO` found in /usr/libexec/git-core (which path is the default value of the `--exec-path` option.) – chepner Feb 10 '13 at 01:37
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    @chepner that would appear to be an authoritative answer and is much more that a mere comment on mine; if you want to promote it to an answer you'll certainly get a +1 from me. – Tommy Feb 10 '13 at 04:00
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    so is "git svn" on mac the same as "git-svn" on linux – techsjs2013 Feb 10 '13 at 13:39
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    @techsjs2013 yes. It is. – Tommy Feb 10 '13 at 20:51