I have an existing SVN repo. The remote is SVN too. I would like to use git-svn to manage it locally.
How can I do that without having to check out all the files again?
The recommended link to begin with https://help.github.com/articles/importing-from-subversion
Some previous stackoverflow discussions
Convert an SVN checkout to use git (git-svn)
How to migrate SVN repository with history to a new Git repository?
Other links for reference
http://john.albin.net/git/convert-subversion-to-git
http://www.mabishu.com/blog/2011/01/13/migrate-subversion-repository-to-git-without-loosing-data/