How to upgrade the SVN version used by git-svn

Question

I\'ve been using git-svn and love it. But we just switched our repo to one that requires a svn version of 1.5.0 or greater. Currently, I\'ve got this:

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Answer 1

For me, the following sequence of steps worked:

1. Get Apache subversion source
2. Build subversion from source using make, and then do:
   • make swig-pl
3. Install subversion using make install, and then do:
   • make install-swig-pl
4. Get git source
5. Build git as usual

Reference: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/cvs/general/subversion.html