Merge branch 'migrating_from_svn_doc'

app/views/projects/import.html.haml

@@ -19,12 +19,13 @@
     = form_for @project, url: retry_import_project_path(@project), method: :put, html: { class: 'form-horizontal' } do |f|
       .form-group.import-url-data
         = f.label :import_url, class: 'control-label' do
-          %span Import existing repo
+          %span Import existing git repo
         .col-sm-10
           = f.text_field :import_url, class: 'form-control', placeholder: 'https://github.com/randx/six.git'
           .bs-callout.bs-callout-info
             This URL must be publicly accessible or you can add a username and password like this: https://username:password@gitlab.com/company/project.git.
             %br
             The import will time out after 4 minutes. For big repositories, use a clone/push combination.
+            For SVN repositories, check #{link_to "this migrating from SVN doc.", "http://doc.gitlab.com/ce/workflow/migrating_from_svn.html"}
       .form-actions
         = f.submit 'Retry import', class: "btn btn-create", tabindex: 4

app/views/projects/new.html.haml

@@ -44,13 +44,14 @@
         .js-toggle-content.hide
           .form-group.import-url-data
             = f.label :import_url, class: 'control-label' do
-              %span Import existing repo
+              %span Import existing git repo
             .col-sm-10
               = f.text_field :import_url, class: 'form-control', placeholder: 'https://github.com/randx/six.git'
               .bs-callout.bs-callout-info
                 This URL must be publicly accessible or you can add a username and password like this: https://username:password@gitlab.com/company/project.git.
                 %br
                 The import will time out after 4 minutes. For big repositories, use a clone/push combination.
+                For SVN repositories, check #{link_to "this migrating from SVN doc.", "http://doc.gitlab.com/ce/workflow/migrating_from_svn.html"}
       %hr
 
       .form-group

doc/workflow/README.md

@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 - [Labels](labels.md)
 - [GitLab Flow](gitlab_flow.md)
 - [Notifications](notifications.md)
+- [Migrating from SVN to GitLab](migrating_from_svn.md)

doc/workflow/migrating_from_svn.md

+# Migrating from SVN to GitLab
+
+SVN stands for Subversion and is a version control system (VCS).
+Git is a distributed version control system.
+
+There are some major differences between the two, for more information consult your favourite search engine.
+
+Git has tools for migrating SVN repositories to git, namely `git svn`. You can read more about this at
+[git documentation pages](http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-and-Other-Systems-Git-and-Subversion).
+
+Apart from the [official git documentation](http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-and-Other-Systems-Migrating-to-Git) there is also
+user created step by step guide for migrating from SVN to GitLab.
+
+[Benjamin New](https://github.com/leftclickben) wrote [a guide that shows how to do a migration](https://gist.github.com/leftclickben/322b7a3042cbe97ed2af). Mirrors can be found [here](https://gitlab.com/snippets/2168) and [here](https://gist.github.com/maxlazio/f1b593b0d00aa966e9ca).
+
+## Contribute to this guide
+We welcome all contributions that would expand this guide with instructions on how to migrate from SVN and other version control systems.