RE: git fast-import problem converting from CVS with git 1.6.1 and cvs2svn 2.2.0

From: Kelly F. Hickel <kfh@mqsoftware.com>
Date: Jan 22, 2009, 14:30 UTC
Message-ID: <63BEA5E623E09F4D92233FB12A9F794302BC6921@emailmn.mqsoftware.com>
In-Reply-To: <63BEA5E623E09F4D92233FB12A9F794302BC6855@emailmn.mqsoftware.com>

(Sorry for the mangled quotes)

> That is strange.  The command "data 88" should read the next 88 bytes

and

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> not stop at the line starting with '. 
> 
> Just to test, I successfully imported this: 
> 
> -- snip -- 
> commit refs/heads/testing/test 
> mark :1 
> committer cvs2svn <cvs2svn> 1002043747 +0000 
> data 3 
> '. 
> 
> -- snap -- 
> 
> So I guess the problem lies much earlier: I could imagine that there

is

> _another_ "data" command that has a bogus length and just happens to

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> after the line "data 88". 
> 
> Maybe that helps? 
> 
> I could also imagine that the '. actually is the end of an example 
> inside a blob, that literally looks like a fast-import script, but 
> actually is not meant for _this_ fast-import run. 
> 
> Ciao, 
> Dscho 
> 
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> From: Daniel Barkalow 
> Can you find that part of the input? I wouldn't be too surprised if 
> something were giving the wrong length in a data command, causing it

to

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> either eat another data command and end up in the data or to use 
> not-quite-all of the data and end up near the end of the data. 
> 
>         -Daniel 
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> 
>

I found the section in question, it is: -- snip -- commit refs/heads/TAG.FIXUP mark :1000007128 committer cvs2svn <cvs2svn> 1002043747 +0000 data 88 This commit was manufactured by cvs2svn to create tag 'T_BU_Problem_9xxx_Merge_3-21-2000'. merge :1000007126 M 100755 :180810 mfcdev/Domedit/DlgAddAlias.h -- snap --

By my count, 88 is the ending single quote character, leaving the '.' to be interpreted as a command.

Looks like I should go post this on the cvs2svn list.....

Thanks!

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