Our company subversion repo is a bit tricky: We\'ve got a basic \"default\" layout with trunk, tags and branches. However, inside the branches, we have a \"work\" directory
For those looking to do this retroactively, the git-svn manpage for 1.7.x says:
It is also possible to fetch a subset of branches or tags by using a comma-separated list of names within braces. For example:
[svn-remote "huge-project"]
url = http://server.org/svn
fetch = trunk/src:refs/remotes/trunk
branches = branches/{red,green}/src:refs/remotes/branches/*
tags = tags/{1.0,2.0}/src:refs/remotes/tags/*