Re: [question] git svn fail to fetch GCC source due to index mismatch

From: Björn Steinbrink <b.steinbrink@gmx.de>
Date: Nov 8, 2008, 20:34 UTC
Message-ID: <20081108203408.GF3563@atjola.homenet>
In-Reply-To: <4914A413.80301@gmail.com>

On 2008.11.08 04:24:51 +0800, dennis wrote:

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> HI:
>    I have problem when use git svn fetch command to
> retrieve the GCC source code.
> It says index mismatch, then  abort,  any suggestion?
> 
>   
> $git svn fetch
> Index mismatch: 98ba56dbceddf50ebfab9e4649e9b1b1a319b377 !=
> 4f40f4619690f89454614be0eba63d584d25523e
> rereading 19e22aa4cbc9f7e3667243481f33c859e3bba358
> Found possible branch point: svn://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/trunk =>
> svn://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/trunk, 130802
> Initializing parent: git-svn@130802
> Found branch parent: (git-svn) 9a08076e1ad241080838d547f64a2a9aceb083ca
> Index mismatch: 4f40f4619690f89454614be0eba63d584d25523e !=
> 98ba56dbceddf50ebfab9e4649e9b1b1a319b377
> rereading 9a08076e1ad241080838d547f64a2a9aceb083ca
> Following parent with do_switch
> Malformed network data: Malformed network data at
> /usr/libexec/git-core/git-svn line 2340
> 
> $git branch -a
> git-svn
> git-svn@130802

ad0a82bae: git-svn: Always create a new RA when calling do_switch for svn://

According to the commit message, that fixed a problem that caused the "Malformed netword data" error. It's in git v1.6.0.3, so if you have an older git version, try upgrading.

HTH Björn