Re: a git svn bug

From: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
Date: Dec 29, 2018, 04:16 UTC
Message-ID: <20181229041615.ay7pazjqozbvz7qz@dcvr>
In-Reply-To: <650358a3.8395.167f09e21b6.Coremail.06271023@bjtu.edu.cn>

肖建晶 <06271023@bjtu.edu.cn> wrote:

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> hi,
>    git developers. I found a bug when i want to convert webkit to git
>    there are some branch named safari... in webkit svn repo.
>    when i want to convert them to branch in git. a problem happen.
> 
>    if you want to reproduce the problem, just follow the guide below.
>    1. git svn clone -s https://svn.webkit.org/......

Do you mean  https://svn.webkit.org/repository/webkit ?

>    2. when it runs to about r13800, stop it and rerun the above command

So running "clone" again? Normally, I'd run "git svn fetch" if I stopped and want to resume (or my Internet connection drops, which happens a lot).

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>    3. the git client will check the refs it already found, and
>    if it met a ~ in the branch name. it will failed to
>    proceed. error is git thinks it an invalid ref name
>j
>    i digged into it, and found a solution in
>    git/perl/git/svn.pm. I mod this file and bypass the
>    problem.

Can you show us what you did to perl/Git/SVN.pm?

the "refname" sub in perl/Git/SVN.pm already escapes "~", it seems.

>    plean be kind to fix the problem and remind me the fix
>    commit, and i will update to a new version.

We'll try, but I think we need more information.  Thanks.