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Re: CVS import [SOLVED]

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Ferry Huberts (Pelagic) <ferry.huberts@pelagic.nl>
Date
Feb 16, 2009, 13:20 UTC
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<7291.77.61.241.211.1234790434.squirrel@hupie.xs4all.nl>
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<19651.77.61.241.211.1234775877.squirrel@hupie.xs4all.nl>
I solved it:

it has to do with the core.autocrlf=input core.safecrlf=true

settings I had in my global config. Maybe the manual page should warn against having these defined?

Ferry
On Mon, February 16, 2009 10:17, Ferry Huberts (Pelagic) wrote:
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> Hi list,
>
> when I try to import a CVS repo with:
>
> git cvsimport -v -i \
>   -d :pserver:anonymous@javagroups.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/javagroups \
>   JGroups
>
> I'm getting the errors:
>
> New tests/other/org/jgroups/tests/adapttcp/Test.java: 5914 bytes
> Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/git-cvsimport line 674, <CVS> line 652.
> Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/git-cvsimport line 674, <CVS> line 652.
> fatal: malformed index info 100666 	src/org/jgroups/util/RWLock.java
> unable to write to git-update-index:  at /usr/bin/git-cvsimport line 679, <CVS> line 652.
>
>
> I've seen this before when trying to import other repositories.
> And since I'm not good with Perl I was wondering whether this sounds familiar
> and if there's a fix for it.
>
> I'm on Fedora 10 with the following packages:
> git.x86_64                                                      1.6.0.6-1.fc10
> git-all.x86_64                                                  1.6.0.6-1.fc10
> git-arch.x86_64                                                 1.6.0.6-1.fc10
> git-cvs.x86_64                                                  1.6.0.6-1.fc10
> git-daemon.x86_64                                               1.6.0.6-1.fc10
> git-email.x86_64                                                1.6.0.6-1.fc10
> git-gui.x86_64                                                  1.6.0.6-1.fc10
> git-svn.x86_64                                                  1.6.0.6-1.fc10
> gitk.x86_64                                                     1.6.0.6-1.fc10
> gitosis.noarch                                                  0.2-6.20080825git.fc10
> gitweb.x86_64                                                   1.6.0.6-1.fc10
>
>
>
> Ferry
>
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  1. Ferry Huberts (Pelagic)Feb 16, 2009
  2. Ferry Huberts (Pelagic)Feb 16, 2009
  3. Johannes SchindelinFeb 16, 2009
  4. Johannes SchindelinFeb 16, 2009
  5. Ferry Huberts (Pelagic)Feb 16, 2009
  6. Johannes SchindelinFeb 16, 2009
  7. Ferry Huberts (Pelagic)Feb 16, 2009
  8. Johannes SchindelinFeb 16, 2009
  9. Ferry Huberts (Pelagic)Feb 17, 2009
  10. Johannes SchindelinFeb 17, 2009
  11. Ferry Huberts (Pelagic)Feb 17, 2009
  12. Jeff KingFeb 20, 2009
  13. Ferry Huberts (Pelagic)Feb 20, 2009
  14. autocrlf=input and safecrlf (was Re: CVS import [SOLVED])Jeff King, Feb 20, 2009
  15. Ferry Huberts (Pelagic)Feb 20, 2009
  16. Jeff KingFeb 23, 2009
  17. Ferry Huberts (Pelagic)Feb 23, 2009
  18. Jeff KingFeb 23, 2009
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  20. Jeff KingFeb 23, 2009
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  22. Jeff KingFeb 24, 2009
  23. Ferry Huberts (Pelagic)Feb 24, 2009
  24. Jeff KingFeb 25, 2009
  25. Ferry Huberts (Pelagic)Feb 25, 2009
  26. Jeff KingFeb 25, 2009

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