Re: git svn errors out with git-cat-file "usage" message
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Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com>
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- Apr 30, 2009, 08:53 UTC
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On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Bingo! Yes, > > ~$ which git-cat-file > /usr/bin/git-cat-file > ~$ /usr/bin/git version > git version 1.5.6.3
Actually, after removing the git-core package and all its dependencies...
# same git version that succeeds on Fedora 9, here says: $ git svn clone -T trunk http://paintweb.googlecode.com/svn paintweb.git usage: git-cat-file [-t|-s|-e|-p|<type>] <sha1> error closing pipe: Broken pipe at /home/martin/libexec/git-core/git-svn line 3252 cat-file --batch: command returned error: 129
error closing pipe: Bad file descriptor at /home/martin/libexec/git-core/git-svn line 0 error closing pipe: Bad file descriptor at /home/martin/libexec/git-core/git-svn line 0 $ git version git version 1.6.0.6
# a newer git says... $ git svn clone -T trunk --ignore-paths releases http://paintweb.googlecode.com/svn paintweb.git usage: git-cat-file [-t|-s|-e|-p|<type>] <sha1> Unexpected result returned from git cat-file at /home/martin/libexec/git-core/git-svn line 3526 Failed to read object 4b90eef95225bb9e34000e050d0cac8b84ab36f6 at /home/martin/libexec/git-core/git-svn line 3527.
$ git version git version 1.6.2.4.10.g2254d
... the plot thickens...
There is nothing in my env that would confuse git -- and my PATH has ~/bin as the first entry, trumping everything else. So perhaps the debian package had nothing to do with this?
Perl SVN bindings? How do I debug that side of things?
cheers,
m
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