README.markdown in svn2git-1.3.3 vs README.markdown in svn2git-2.0.0
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*NB: Previous versions of the gem could be installed from GitHub as nirvdrum-svn2git. You can install that gem via `$ sudo gem install nirvdrum-svn2git --source http://gems.github.com`, but the nirvdrum-svn2git gem will no longer be updated. Please use the one hosted on gemcutter.*
Usage
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-There are a number of ways in which you can create a git repo from an existing
+### Initial Conversion ###
+
+There are several ways you can create a git repo from an existing
svn repo. The differentiating factor is the svn repo layout. Below is an
enumerated listing of the varying supported layouts and the proper way to
create a git repo from a svn repo in the specified layout.
1. The svn repo is in the standard layout of (trunk, branches, tags) at the
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above commands. Note that in the above cases the trunk, branches, tags options
are simply folder names relative to the provided repo path. For example if you
specified trunk=foo branches=bar and tags=foobar it would be referencing
http://svn.example.com/path/to/repo/foo as your trunk, and so on. However, in
case 4 it references the root of the repo as trunk.
+
+### Repository Updates ###
+
+As of svn2git 2.0 there is a new feature to pull in the latest changes from SVN into your
+git repository created with svn2git. This is a one way sync, but allows you to use svn2git
+as a mirroring tool for your SVN repositories.
+
+The command to call is:
+
+ $ cd <EXISTING_REPO> && svn2git --rebase
Authors
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To convert all your svn authors to git format, create a file somewhere on your