How do I migrate an SVN repository with history to a new Git repository?

Question

I read the Git manual, FAQ, Git - SVN crash course, etc. and they all explain this and that, but nowhere can you find a simple instruction like:

SVN repository in: <

Answer 1

This guide on atlassian's website is one of the best I have found:

https://www.atlassian.com/git/migration

This tool - https://bitbucket.org/atlassian/svn-migration-scripts - is also really useful for generating your authors.txt among other things.