git-svn not a git command?

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While attempting to get an old svn dump of a project under git control, I ran into an interesting problem. Whenever I run git svn, I get an error saying it isn't a git command, yet there is documentation for it that I can pull up using git help. Is there something wrong with my install, or am I just missing something here?

Edit: I should probably also mention that I am running msysGit version 1.6.1.9.g97c34 under Windows XP, and the error I get is:

$ git svn 
git: 'svn' is not a
git-command. See 'git --help'.

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score 273 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 12 '13 at 10:18

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I just check on my newly installed ubuntu box and it wasn't installed even with git-core installed. A simple:

sudo apt-get install git-svn

or your distro equivalent should fix it.

edited Sep 12 '13 at 10:18

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answered Feb 09 '09 at 03:11

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score 32 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 03 '14 at 19:39

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On Ubuntu:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa
apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git-svn

answered Feb 03 '14 at 19:39

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The ppa is optional. git-svn is included in the standard repository. – jgomo3 Sep 04 '16 at 02:14
Old question but still when git-svn is installed on Ubuntu, I think it should be added that we have to use *git svn* and not *git-svn* – nsaura Nov 05 '18 at 10:43
I needed the ppa part on Ubuntu 16. – Sridhar Sarnobat Dec 19 '18 at 04:21
`apt-get update` needs `sudo` also. I've tried to update the response but since the edit is less than 6 characters SO doesn't allow me to do it – Pau Fracés Apr 23 '20 at 16:29

VonC · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-14T09:00:34.133

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I am not sure that git svn has ever worked with recent Git Windows distribution (post 1.5.6).

Many problems have been reported before, so git svn may very much be not included in current msysGit releases.

Another current active "Git on Windows" development mingw.git does state in its README that svn does not work.

This thread of Msysgit does suggest that git svn may be reintegrated at some points, but progress are still slow.

Update: from MSysGit1.6.2 (early March 2009), git-svn works again. See this SO question.

Update: with a modern (2017) Git for Windows 2.x, git svn is already included.
No need for sudo apt-get install git-svn, which would only be possible in a WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) shell session anyway.

edited Nov 14 '17 at 09:00

answered Feb 09 '09 at 08:00

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git svn is certainly bundled with Git now on Windows :) – Tod Thomson Dec 13 '13 at 00:50
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@TodThomson I agree, and that is what my update from March 2009 is saying. – VonC Dec 13 '13 at 06:48
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for windows 10 users `sudo apt-get install git-svn` – behelit Nov 13 '17 at 23:17

score 6 · Answer 4 · edited Dec 22 '15 at 10:06

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For posterity: On CentOS 7, just run sudo yum install git-svn.

edited Dec 22 '15 at 10:06

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answered Dec 22 '15 at 09:34

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score 6 · Answer 5 · edited May 19 '14 at 21:20

Under my system I've had this trouble:

$ git svn
Can't locate SVN/Core.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.0
/usr/lib/perl5/5.10.0/i486-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/5.10.0
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.0/i486-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.0/i486-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.0
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at
/usr/libexec/git-core/git-svn line 29.

because I don't have Subversion Perl bindings installed. Try installing them and running the command again.

I've also seen this with the Perl bindings installed in a different location than Git expected; corrected with a symlink. — Paul, Feb 09 '09 at 06:29

score 4 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 08 '19 at 18:39

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It wasn't installed on my fresh install of Ubuntu on WSL -

sudo apt install git-svn

sorted it:

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

answered Nov 08 '19 at 18:39

drkvogel

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I tried this solution and works. Thank you. – Kenjiro Feb 06 '21 at 14:15

score 4 · Answer 7 · answered May 21 '09 at 22:17

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I had the same error under Cygwin 1.7. It was solved by installing the git-svn package with Cygwin setup.

answered May 21 '09 at 22:17

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score 3 · Answer 8 · answered Dec 11 '13 at 09:17

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On Gentoo , you should build git with USE="subversion"

answered Dec 11 '13 at 09:17

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score 3 · Answer 9 · answered Mar 24 '17 at 01:04

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MacPorts version:

port install git +svn

(Note: you likely need to port deactivate git first)

answered Mar 24 '17 at 01:04

merv

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score 2 · Answer 10 · edited Mar 12 '18 at 21:51

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Had a similar problem on RHEL6, i.e.,

Can't locate Git/SVN.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/local/share/perl5 /usr/local/lib64/perl5 /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib64/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 .) at /usr/local/libexec/git-core/git-svn line 25.

My solution:

sudo yum install subversion-perl
chmod 755  /usr/local/share/perl5/ (and sub dirs, as they were only readable by root)

edited Mar 12 '18 at 21:51

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answered Mar 02 '15 at 03:29

Rob

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This was exactly my issue. The `/usr/local/share/perl5` directory and contents needed those permissions. Thank you! – Andrew Kirna Feb 07 '19 at 19:01

score 1 · Answer 11 · answered Oct 26 '18 at 20:55

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On CentOS I used

sudo yum install git-svn

answered Oct 26 '18 at 20:55

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score 1 · Answer 12 · answered Apr 01 '09 at 14:57

If git-svn is not part of mSysGit, I recommend using a small UNIX server to host your gateway repository that clones your svn repository, and then clone that repository onto your Windows machine. This is the approach I am using for interacting with CVS from git.

score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Jul 03 '18 at 05:34

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On Fedora I had to install it with

sudo dnf install -y git-svn

answered Jul 03 '18 at 05:34

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