Working on a Subversion repository using Git

In the first part, we will see the most cautious approach when starting to move away from Subversion, which is to keep the original repository, using Git to fetch and push changes. For the purpose of learning, we will create a local Subversion repository, using both Subversion and Git to access to its contents.

Creating a local Subversion repository

Without the hassle of remote servers, let's create a local Subversion repository as a container for our experiments:

$ cd C:\Repos$ svnadmin create MySvnRepo

Nothing more, nothing less; the repository is now ready to be filled with folders and files.

Checking out the Subversion repository with the svn client

At this point, we have a working Subversion repository; we can now check it out in a folder of our choice, which will become our working copy; in my case, I will use the C:\Sources folder:

$ cd C:\Sources\svn$ svn checkout file:///Repos/MySvnRepo

You now have a MySvnRepo folder under your Sources folder...