[PATCH] git-svn: clarify the "Ignoring error from SVN" piece

From: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Date: Jan 7, 2008, 10:40 UTC
Message-ID: <20080107104040.GA1594@soma>
In-Reply-To: <20080107103040.GA28557@soma>

I've heard of several users puzzled by this, and it sometimes it appears as if git-svn is doing nothing on slower connections and larger repositories.

Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
---
 git-svn.perl |    4 ++++
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
index 2c97b05..3308fe1 100755
--- a/git-svn.perl
+++ b/git-svn.perl
@@ -4085,6 +4085,10 @@ sub skip_unknown_revs {
 			warn "W: Ignoring error from SVN, path probably ",
 			     "does not exist: ($errno): ",
 			     $err->expanded_message,"\n";
+			warn "W: Do not be alarmed at the above message ",
+			     "git-svn is just searching aggressively for ",
+			     "old history.\n",
+			     "This may take a while on large repositories\n";
 			$ignored_err{$err_key} = 1;
 		}
 		return;

-- 
Eric Wong