From: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:41:54 GMT
Subject: Re: git-svn-import or CVS import from local HD rather than remote.
Message-ID: <20080612204154.GP29404@genesis.frugalware.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0806121348340.18454@xenau.zenez.com>

On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 01:57:28PM -0600, Boyd Lynn Gerber <gerberb@zenez.com> wrote:
> This is really frustrating.
> 
> I have tried every combination of file://localhost/ file:///
> 
> This is what I get
> 
> git-svn clone file:///working/svn/network/wireshark/ -T trunk -b branches 
> -t tags wireshark
> Initialized empty Git repository in .git/
> Couldn't open a repository: Unable to open an ra_local session to URL: 
> Unable to open repository 'file:///working/svn/network/wireshark' at 
> /usr/bin/git-svn line 1048

Did you do just a simple checkout or do you have the full repository at
/working/svn/network/wireshark?

You need the later if you want to do the conversion offline.