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Git-cvs import loops endlessly redownloading the same stuff.

From
Samium Gromoff <_deepfire@feelingofgreen.ru>
Date
Feb 19, 2009, 13:57 UTC
Message-ID
<20090219.165733.239525532716457724._deepfire@feelingofgreen.ru>
Good day list,

it appears that git 1.6.1.3, as packaged by debian, fails to terminate when instructed like that:

git cvsimport -d :pserver:anoncvs@sources.redhat.com:/cvs/src newlib

It gets two ~20MB files into /tmp, converts them into blobs, around 8 and 9 megabytes, accordingly, and then attempts to proceed with the next, 36M-large, piece, essentially locking into what appears to be a download-it, delete-it cycle.

regards, Samium Gromoff
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  1. Samium GromoffFeb 19, 2009

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