Migrate from SVN to Github Source control

Before migration make sure you have installed Github client, Java development kit. You can download JDK from https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19182-01/820-7851/inst_cli_jdk_javahome_t/ . Make sure your JAVA_HOME is also set under environment variables

Please follow the step by step guide mentioned below:

1. Create a new folder and navigate to the folder. eg: C:\svnproject
2. Now we need to extract the SVN project and history, thereafter clone the project for GitHub
   • Open the command prompt and navigate to C:\svnproject
   • Extract project and history from SVN and clone for GitHub by using the following syntax

     git svn clone <SVN Path> eg: git svn clone svn://svndomain/ApplicationPath

   • Once you execute the above command, it will prompt you to enter SVN username and password, if SVN is not already configured in your system.
   • After entering your SVN credentials, it will extract the history from SVN and make a clone for GitHub. This step may take time depending upon the history size.

    

3. Add the cloned project to the remote GitHub
   • In the current directory, execute the following command to create a remote link with GitHub

     C:\svnproject>git remote add origin https://github.com/repo-name

4. Verify the GitHub remote configuration
   • In the current directory, execute the following command to verify the remote link configuration is correct

     C:\svnproject>git remote -v

   • If the configuration is correct, we will get the following output with the remote GitHub link

     origin https://github.com/repo-name (fetch) origin https://github.com/repo-name (push)

5. Push the source to the GitHub repo
   • In the current directory, execute the following command to push the source to GitHub repo, this may take time, based upon the size of the project

     C:\svnproject>git push -u origin master

6. That’s it, you successfully moved the SVN project with history to GitHub