Scripts to convert OpenVAS SVN repos to git

The available scripts are using git-svn for converting the svn repositories to git. This procedure doesn't require file access to the svn server. To install git-svn on Debian based systems run

apt-get install git-svn

Steps to convert an OpenVAS module to a git repository

1. Create a new config

$EDITOR <config file>

Add the following variables to the config file

USERNAME=<username for svn repo access>
MODULE=<module name e.g. openvas-manager>
TAGS_MODULE=$MODULE # name may be different from $MODULE
BRANCHES_MODULE=$MODULE # name may be different from $MODULE
GIT_REPO_PATH=<path to created git repo> # e.g /path/to/manager-git

See Example Config for details and options.

2. Run init script

/path/to/convert-repo/init.sh /path/to/<config file>

3. Update created authors file

If you are not already using an existing authors transform file the svn user names should be mapped to real names.

cd <path to created git repo>
$EDITOR authors-transform-<module name>.txt

4. Check and adjust generated git config

Check the generated settings at the git config for svn tags and branches. It is possible to user wildcards for branches and tags instead to list all. Also you may add several branches and tags variables.

cd <path to created git repo>
$EDITOR .git/config

5. Run

/path/to/convert-repo/convert.sh /path/to/<config file>

6. Finished

Afterwards you will get to repos $GIT_REPO_PATH and $GIT_REPO_PATH.git The $GIT_REPO_PATH.git path contains a bare repository that can be used as a master.

7. Optional cleanup

Sometimes git-svn creates xyz@revsion tags and branches during conversion. You can delete those branches and tags.

source <path to config file>
cd $GIT_REPO_PATH.git
/path/to/convert-repo/delete-at-refs.sh

Also some older branches may use - in their version. These branches should be renamed.

git branch -m <name>-<x>-<y> <name>-<x>.<y>

bjoernricks / openvas-convert-to-git