Re: Problem with git svn clone --authors-file

From: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Date: Oct 27, 2011, 06:58 UTC
Message-ID: <4EA90109.4070504@alum.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <CABDh3gSsi9xwvw-6stw7URGK112LvF8Rt4XJeTwGM3q-tML=2Q@mail.gmail.com>

On 10/27/2011 01:51 AM, edman747 wrote:

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> Hello,
> Attempting to clone a remote svn repo where I don't know all the
> previous SVN author names.
> installed msysgit (vista)
> gitbash,
> $ mkdir test
> $ cd test
> 
> create authors file with a few known authors.
> 
> $ git svn clone --authors-file=authors http://svn.repo/trunk
> ...
> runs fine until
> Author: (no author) not defined in authors file
> 
> edit authors file add line: (no author) = none <email>
> 
> ------
> rerun previous git svn command
> 
> $ git svn clone --authors-file=authors http://svn.repo/trunk
> Using existing [svn-remote "svn"]
> svn-remote.svn.fetch already set to track :refs/remotes/git-svn

I'm not quite sure what your complaint is.

"git svn clone" is equivalent to a "git svn init" followed by "git svn fetch". I would have thought that by the time "git svn clone" notices a problem with the authors file, it would already be in the "git svn fetch" phase. So it seems to me that after the first "clone" fails, one should probably run "git svn fetch" instead of "git svn clone" again.

If this is the case (and the cause of your problem), then the documentation and error message should be made clearer.

Michael

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