install

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macOS

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brew install git-svn-abandon

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

History-preserving svn-to-git migration

Project links

Commands and aliases

git-svn-abandon-cleanup
git-svn-abandon-fix-refs
git-svn-abandon-msg-filter

history

Project history and usage

git-svn-abandon is a small suite of Git extension scripts for turning a git-svn working repository into a plain Git repository after a Subversion migration. Its purpose is deliberately narrow: preserve as much branch, tag, merge, and message history as possible while removing the git-svn metadata that kept the repository tied to Subversion.

Project history

The repository was created in 2009 by Yuval Kogman and describes a workflow built around git-svn: clone the Subversion repository, run the fix-refs command, optionally add grafts for unrecognized merges, then run the cleanup command. The README frames the project as a way of abandoning SVN in favor of Git rather than continuing bidirectional synchronization.

Adoption history

Adoption evidence is limited to its upstream repository and package-manager presence. Homebrew packages version 0.0.1, which reflects the tool's role as a niche migration helper rather than a broad day-to-day Git workflow package.

How it is used

Practitioners use it after a git-svn import to convert SVN remote references into normal Git heads and tags, recreate SVN tags as annotated Git tags, remove git-svn-id and SVK message noise, and apply grafts where merge ancestry has to be supplied manually. After cleanup, the README warns that git svn rebase can no longer be used against the converted repository.

Why package nerds care

Its significance is as a fossil of the SVN-to-Git migration era: a packageable set of `git-*` commands that extends Git's subcommand discovery and handles a one-way repository conversion step that core Git intentionally leaves to external tooling.

Timeline

2009: GitHub repository created for history-preserving SVN-to-Git migration using git-svn.
0.0.1: Homebrew packages the upstream release as git-svn-abandon.

Related projects

git-svn-abandon builds on git-svn and points users toward Snerp Vortex and svn2git-style scripts when a repository is too large or complex for its own cleanup scripts.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure
`git-svn-abandon-cleanup`	cli	global executable
`git-svn-abandon-fix-refs`	cli	global executable
`git-svn-abandon-msg-filter`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version0.0.1

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detected0.0.1

https://github.com/nothingmuch/git-svn-abandon

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:git-svn-abandon
Version	0.0.1
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/git-svn-abandon
Homepage	https://github.com/nothingmuch/git-svn-abandon
Repository	https://github.com/nothingmuch/git-svn-abandon
Upstream docs	https://github.com/nothingmuch/git-svn-abandon#readme
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/nothingmuch/git-svn-abandon/archive/refs/tags/0.0.1.tar.gz
Bottle	available (on all)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	git-svn-abandon
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/git-svn-abandon.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

Install git-svn-abandon with Homebrew