**Problem**

By default *git svn clone* imports history only from branch creation onwards, despite the fact, that history for files is present in SVN repository prior branch creation.

Our SVN branch was created by `svn copy`, if that matters.

**My attempts**

I've tried `--no-minimize-url` and `--follow-parent`, but without success. Produced Git repository is same as without these params, starting from branch creation.

**Desired result**

Git repository with full history from SVN repository creation.

**Update**

My actual command line was 

```
git svn clone http://svnserver/repo/dir1/dir2/project

```

What helped was `-T` argument with resulting command:

```
git svn clone http://svnserver/repo/ -T dir1/dir2/project

```