install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install git-svn

provider-native install command

overview

Package summary

Bidirectional operation between a Subversion repository and Git

Project links

Commands and aliases

git-svn

history

Project history and usage

git-svn is Git's built-in bridge for teams that need bidirectional operation between a Subversion repository and a Git repository. It lets a Git checkout track SVN trunk, branches, and tags while still sending commits back with dcommit.

Project history

The git-svn manual describes the command as a conduit between Subversion changesets and Git commits. Its design grew around SVN layouts rather than Git remotes alone: users can initialize tracking for standard trunk/branches/tags repositories, customize trunk, tag, and branch paths, and store SVN remote metadata in Git configuration.

Adoption history

git-svn became important during the long migration from centralized Subversion repositories to distributed Git workflows. Package managers often ship it as a separate package from core Git because SVN interoperability brings extra runtime dependencies, making it visible as its own installable tool even though it belongs to the Git source tree.

How it is used

Practitioners use git svn clone or init plus fetch to import SVN history, rebase local Git work onto new SVN revisions, and dcommit Git commits back to the SVN server. It is also used as a migration tool: teams import a legacy SVN repository into Git, inspect or repair branch/tag mapping, and later stop using SVN once the Git repository becomes authoritative.

Why package nerds care

The package matters because it captures an interoperability boundary in packaging form. Installing git alone is not always enough for old enterprise repositories; installing git-svn adds the SVN bridge, Perl plumbing, and documentation needed to keep legacy repositories moving while the rest of a toolchain speaks Git.

Timeline

Before Git 2.0: SVN-tracking refs used no default prefix, placing them directly under refs/remotes.
Git 2.0: git-svn documentation records origin/ as the default prefix for SVN-tracking refs.
Git 2.55.0: Homebrew packages git-svn from the Git release tarball as a separate formula.

Related projects

git-svn is related to Subversion itself, one-way conversion helpers such as git-svn-abandon, and third-party svn2git tools that focus on final migration rather than ongoing bidirectional operation.

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 bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

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

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: .git/config~/.gitconfig~/.config/git/config/etc/gitconfig

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`git-svn`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.

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 generated2026-08-03

manager version2.55.0

manager updated2026-06-29

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:git-svn
Version	2.55.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://git-scm.com
Repository	https://github.com/git/git
Last updated	2026-06-29T20:54:54Z
Pulse	updated
Bottle	not recorded
Service	none declared

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.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
pkgdb category and tag curation

Install git-svn with Homebrew