diff --git a/init-git-svn.sh b/init-git-svn.sh
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+cd .git;wget http://git.apache.org/authors.txt; cd ..
+git config svn.authorsfile ".git/authors.txt"
+git svn init --prefix=origin/ --tags=tags --trunk=trunk --branches=branches https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/maven-3
+git svn rebase