Using Git as a client of Subversion can raise some confusions, due to the flexibility of Git as compared to the more rigid way Subversion organizes files.
To be sure to maintain a Subversion-friendly way of work, I recommend you follow some simple rules.
First of all, ensure that your Git master branch is related to the trunk one in Subversion; as we already said, Subversion users usually organize a repository in this way:
- A /trunk folder, the main one
- A /branches root folder, where you put all the branches, each one located in a separated subfolder (for example, /branches/feat-branch)
- A /tags root folder, where you collect all the tags you made (for example, /tags/v1.0.0)
To adhere to this layout, you can use the --stdlayout option when cloning a Subversion repository:
$ git svn clone <url> --stdlayout
In this manner, Git will hook...