gistfile1.sh

$ cat checkout-git-svn.sh
#!/bin/sh
# Simple script to checkout a project from git and tie up SVN commits. Should be a lot faster than git svn clone
# Initial parameter is the name of the git /svn module. Optional second parameter is the SVN path. This allows us to manage more complex SVN modules, which may be nested rather than at the top level

if [ -z $1 ] ; then
  echo "Usage: $0 module-name [svn/path]"
  exit 1
fi

module_name=$1

if [ -z $2 ] ; then
  svn_path=$module_name 
else
  svn_path=$2
fi

mkdir $module_name
cd $module_name
git init
git remote add origin git://git.example.com/$module_name.git
git config --add remote.origin.fetch '+refs/remotes/*:refs/remotes/*'
git fetch
git svn -s init svn://svn.example.com/$svn_path
git svn fetch
git checkout -b master -t trunk
cd -