<p>I have a git repository which tracks an svn repository. I cloned it using <code>--stdlayout</code>.</p>

<p>I created a new local branch via <code>git checkout -b foobar</code></p>

<p>Now I want this branch to end up in <code>…/branches/foobar</code> in the svn repository.</p>

<p>How do I go about that?</p>

<p>(snipped lots of investigative text. see question history if you care)</p>

as of git v1.6.1,
```
git svn branch
```
is available.
From the git docs:
```
branch
        Create a branch in the SVN repository.

        -m, --message
            Allows to specify the commit message.

        -t, --tag
            Create a tag by using the tags_subdir instead of the branches_subdir
            specified during git svn init.
```
Previous versions of git do not provide a way to create an svn branch.