Re: 'git svn fetch' keeps giving a error after freezing

From: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Date: Jul 8, 2009, 23:59 UTC
Message-ID: <20090708235900.GB20768@dcvr.yhbt.net>
In-Reply-To: <h31vg6$b38$1@ger.gmane.org>

Graeme Geldenhuys <graemeg@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Hi,
>
> I'm using git-1.6.3.3 under Ubuntu Linux 8.04.2
>
> I'm trying to convert (clone) a SubVersion repository to Git, so I can  
> host the mirror on GitHub, but for the last 4 days I don't get very far.  
> It seems to be getting a few files, then freezes and then gives the  
> error shown below. I'm now stuck around r2665 out of about 14,000  
> revisions. :-(
>
> I have done such a clone before using a different SVN repository and  
> pulling in around 13,000 revisions, so my 'git svn' commands should work.
>
> ==============================
> $ git svn fetch
> .....
>         A       fixes_2_0/fv/gadgets.pas
>         A       fixes_2_0/fv/colortxt.pas
>         A       fixes_2_0/fv/outline.pas
> RA layer request failed: REPORT of '/svn/fpc/!svn/vcc/default': Could  
> not read response body: connection was closed by server  
> (http://svn2.freepascal.org) at /usr/local/libexec/git-core/git-svn line  
> 4505

Does restarting "git svn fetch" work? Can you checkout exactly that revision from SVN itself? It could be an extremely large file that SVN has trouble serving, but as far as I can tell it's a problem with the server or your connection and not with git svn.

I'll give it a shot when I'm on a better connection/machine later.

-- 
Eric Wong