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Github has also SVN support. Verify whether this is already sufficient for testing the plugin or if some external hosting service is needed.

The following git svn commands shall be accessible through the plugin:

• git svn fetch
• git svn rebase
• git svn dcommit

Support for optional arguments is not foreseen for these commands, thus no need for dedicated dialogs.

It would be useful to have quick access to some commands (at least those from #1) directly from the toolbar.

This will require changes to GE (see https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/issues/6495).

SVN specific actions (e.g. for #1) should be accessible through the context menu.
Likewise, git specific actions should not be accessible on SVN-only branches.

This will require changes to GE (see https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/issues/6495).

Evaluate feasibility to show SVN remote also in left panel, similar to git remotes.

This will require changes to GE (see https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/issues/6495).

The injected scripts, used by this plugin for it's "toolbar", are shown is GE's script dialog.

As a consequence, modifying any script (not necessarily one from the plugin) causes all scripts to be saved to gitextensions.settings. This should not happen.

Add support for git svn clone through the plugin.

This will require a dialog to set the necessary arguments.
A good starting point may be the original GitExtensions dialog:

Note that git svn clone runs git svn init and git svn fetch and therefore accepts all their arguments.
Argument overview: clone = init + fetch
Detailed documentation: clone = init + fetch

Current behaviour

• Installed GitExtensions on a new machine
• Copied my previous settings over - note: previous install has no extra plugins installed other than the ones which ship with GE by default
• Installed the SVN plugin. The Plugin Manager closed GE for the install.
• Reopened GE.
• Went to Plugins -> SVN to be (correctly) greeted with
  
• Switched to a repo with SVN only for the application to hang indefinitely (Not Responding).
• Hard closed the application.

After manually removing the Users\Name\AppData\Local\GitExtensions\UserPlugins\GitExtensions.SVN folder + removing the package from the Users\Name\AppData\Local\GitExtensions\UserPlugins\packages.config file, GE starts up again as normal to the repo I was switching to without any delay.

Expected behaviour

That the application doesn't hang.

Steps to reproduce

See above and I have been able to consistently reproduce it by installing the SVN plugin again as I forgot to take a screenshot the first time round ;-)

Did this work in previous version of GitExtensions

No idea as I never installed the extension before.

Environment

• Git Extensions 3.4.3.9999
• Build d4b0f48bbf3e39a71f5d7ff5231be5678d4aa0f1
• Git 2.30.0.windows.2
• Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.19042.0
• .NET Framework 4.8.4300.0

I am working in a repository that is seven years old. Most of those years the primary remote was an SVN server, most users were using SVN, and I was using git-svn to manage local work/branches. Eventually the team migrated off of SVN to git, and we used my git-svn history to seed a new git remote. The old SVN server was decommissioned.

Fast forward a few years. I found this plugin and installed it, since I still occasionally work with SVN teams. I noticed with the plugin that GE is a bit slower to launch (fraction of a second for most git repositories). But for the repository in the last paragraph, it takes minutes for the main panel of GE to load. When I uninstall the plugin, the problem goes away and loading times are rapid again.

I'm guessing that the plugin parses the commit message history when GE launches, maybe looking for git-svn-id strings of the form
git-svn-id: svn://fooserver.com/bar/trunk@10 51b24a89-3547-4e4a-8ce8-0154b3ca13c2
Perhaps the slow startup is due to the number of commits, or the fact that the old SVN server no longer exists?

I also see my antivirus program working a bit harder. Perhaps it's suspicious of all the failed network traffic or something. I can't tell if the slowdown is directly due to the plugin, or indirectly in that the plugin stimulates the AV program.

For now I can live without the plugin since I can just use the command line. But I wanted to let you know, in case the cause or solution is obvious.

Thanks for making this plugin! There are still a few of us using the git-svn workflow (thankfully only sometimes). :)

git svn clone (#2) should be accessible directly from the dashboard.

This will require changes to GE (see https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/issues/6495).