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cvsimport and branches with "(" in the name

From
Nigel Magnay <nigel.magnay@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 29, 2008, 07:22 UTC
Message-ID
<320075ff0804290022r56c9f4efx74a13d3502be212@mail.gmail.com>

git 1.5.4.4 on ubuntu, I cvsimport a repository that has an oddly named branch - I get

sh: Syntax error: "(" unexpected Cannot write branch ChapelHill_3_0(iteration2)_esap_demo for update: Bad file descriptor

though the end of my -v log shows

Tree ID 46f13621661205b02a80d7d431a2c59be500ae45 Parent ID d635ccf06e1cac3afacc4fba6e70bba7f771ead2 Committed patch 1956 (ChapelHill_3_0(iteration2)_esap_demo +0000 2006-12-04 10:28:31) Commit ID 76c991af0c690d9ae5471c0b661dfba3b3df18c6

and refs/heads has a correctly named file

My guess is something in the guts isn't liking the ( character, when committing the next patch.

Any ideas on how to diagnose / fix it further ?
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  3. Morten WelinderApr 30, 2008
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