Re: git svn problem, probably a regression

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Nov 8, 2012, 18:06 UTC
Message-ID: <20121108180657.GM15560@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <36370AA5-4BB9-4D36-95A7-BB3DA315C9E6@googlemail.com>

On Sun, Nov 04, 2012 at 09:31:17PM +0100, Joern Huxhorn wrote:

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> git svn failed on me with the following error while cloning an SVN repository:
> r1216 = fcf69d5102378ee41217d60384b96549bf2173cb (refs/remotes/svn/trunk)
> Found possible branch point: svn+ssh://<repositoryName>@<IP address>/trunk => svn+ssh://<repositoryName>@<IP address>/tags/xxxx_2008-10-22, 1216
> Use of uninitialized value $u in substitution (s///) at /usr/local/Cellar/git/1.8.0/lib/Git/SVN.pm line 106.
> Use of uninitialized value $u in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/local/Cellar/git/1.8.0/lib/Git/SVN.pm line 106.
> refs/remotes/svn/asset-manager-redesign: 'svn+ssh://<IP address>' not found in ''
> 
> I'm running git 1.8.0 via Homebrew on OS X. It was called via svn2git but I doubt that this is the culprit.
> A colleague of mine was able to perform the same operation with git 1.7.x (not sure which) on Debian so I assume that this is a regression.
> 
> I just wanted to let you know.

If you have time and can reproduce the bug at will, it would be very helpful to use "git-bisect" to pinpoint the exact commit that causes the breakage.

-Peff