{"thread":{"id":"32699","subject":"git-svn problems with white-space in tag names","startedAt":"2013-01-23T10:23:42Z","lastAt":"2013-02-06T09:26:42Z","messageCount":3,"participants":["Hans-Juergen Euler","Erik Faye-Lund"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"207581","messageId":"CAK3CF+4GPKBfAmgsHYnf_6nCCOCe-1d31cGsWp4jkKC28cZr0g@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"32699","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"git-svn problems with white-space in tag names","fromName":"Hans-Juergen Euler","fromEmail":"waas.nett@gmail.com","sentAt":"2013-01-23T10:23:42Z","receivedAt":"2013-01-23T10:23:42Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"waas.nett@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"I have discussed already the problem a bit more in this thread\ngroups.google.com/d/topic/git-users/kfMFZ3uEFsM/discussion\n\n-----Operating system (specifically which version)\nwindows 7 64 bit\n\n------Git version (git --version)\nGit version 1.8.0 for windows obviously.\ngit bash and git gui installed and using\n\n------Git configuration (system, home, repository)\nhmm guess is covered with git bash and git gui. Using the standard config stuff\n\nusing subversion\nTortoiseSVN 1.7.11\nSubversion 1.7.8\nWas typically always up-to-date (within 2 months or so) with previous versions\n\nusing an external subversion provider for storing the information\nexternally. guess the version there is older but do not know\n\n\nI have tried to convert some of my external subversion data bases with\ngit-svn clone\n\nI have encountered a problem with one of my subversion repos. I have\nobviously introduced about 2 years ago a problem with an additional\nwhite space at the end of tag name.\n\nSo there is an entry \"tags/blabla \"\n\nin the subversion repos. The sequential handling of the svn repos with\ngit-svn gets stuck there. I could not find a way around this. My guess\nis that the white-space was introduced by accident on windows by\nTortoise-SVN.\nUnfortunately this occurs at revision 90 something and I have almost\n1000 revisions stored.\n\nLet me know if you need more details.Thanks.\n"},{"id":"207953","messageId":"CAK3CF+46a2LsrZ0ef5Bc2XfwCVv1LVk6YbMasa6e5kx-Dp3JTg@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"32699","inReplyTo":"CAK3CF+4GPKBfAmgsHYnf_6nCCOCe-1d31cGsWp4jkKC28cZr0g@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: git-svn problems with white-space in tag names","fromName":"Hans-Juergen Euler","fromEmail":"waas.nett@gmail.com","sentAt":"2013-01-27T14:12:27Z","receivedAt":"2013-01-27T14:12:27Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"waas.nett@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"This seems to be a problem of the windows version. At least with its\ncomplete severity. Installed git on Ubuntu in a virtual machine was\nable to clone the subversion repos past the tag with the white-space\nat the end. I am not sure but apparently this tag has not been\nconverted.\n\nThe git repos I could copy from Ubuntu to windows. So far no problems\nseen in this copy on windows.\n\n2013/1/23 Hans-Juergen Euler <waas.nett@gmail.com>:\n> I have discussed already the problem a bit more in this thread\n> groups.google.com/d/topic/git-users/kfMFZ3uEFsM/discussion\n>\n> -----Operating system (specifically which version)\n> windows 7 64 bit\n>\n> ------Git version (git --version)\n> Git version 1.8.0 for windows obviously.\n> git bash and git gui installed and using\n>\n> ------Git configuration (system, home, repository)\n> hmm guess is covered with git bash and git gui. Using the standard config stuff\n>\n> using subversion\n> TortoiseSVN 1.7.11\n> Subversion 1.7.8\n> Was typically always up-to-date (within 2 months or so) with previous versions\n>\n> using an external subversion provider for storing the information\n> externally. guess the version there is older but do not know\n>\n>\n> I have tried to convert some of my external subversion data bases with\n> git-svn clone\n>\n> I have encountered a problem with one of my subversion repos. I have\n> obviously introduced about 2 years ago a problem with an additional\n> white space at the end of tag name.\n>\n> So there is an entry \"tags/blabla \"\n>\n> in the subversion repos. The sequential handling of the svn repos with\n> git-svn gets stuck there. I could not find a way around this. My guess\n> is that the white-space was introduced by accident on windows by\n> Tortoise-SVN.\n> Unfortunately this occurs at revision 90 something and I have almost\n> 1000 revisions stored.\n>\n> Let me know if you need more details.Thanks.\n"},{"id":"208789","messageId":"CABPQNSbRU2=a0ONGDKH4O_HTyMuEGFcVfTSRuEY3BRSh_5whdA@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"32699","inReplyTo":"CAK3CF+46a2LsrZ0ef5Bc2XfwCVv1LVk6YbMasa6e5kx-Dp3JTg@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: git-svn problems with white-space in tag names","fromName":"Erik Faye-Lund","fromEmail":"kusmabite@gmail.com","sentAt":"2013-02-06T09:26:42Z","receivedAt":"2013-02-06T09:26:42Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"kusmabite@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/47073?v=4"},"body":"On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Hans-Juergen Euler <waas.nett@gmail.com> wrote:\n> This seems to be a problem of the windows version. At least with its\n> complete severity. Installed git on Ubuntu in a virtual machine was\n> able to clone the subversion repos past the tag with the white-space\n> at the end. I am not sure but apparently this tag has not been\n> converted.\n>\n> The git repos I could copy from Ubuntu to windows. So far no problems\n> seen in this copy on windows.\n>\n\nThe cause of the problem is that the tagname isn't a valid filename on\nWindows, which git requires it to be.\n"}]}