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Problems cloning existing (probably old) svn repo

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CGCody Goodman <codygman.consulting@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 3, 2014, 17:51 UTC
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I recently got this error when trying to git svn clone an existing repo:

Couldn't open a repository: Unable to connect to a repository at URL 'file:///home/cody/work/SmartPay': Unable to open an ra_local session to URL: Unable to open repository 'file:///home/cody/work/SmartPay' at /usr/share/perl5/Git/SVN.pm line

Then I created my own new svn repo to ensure my install of svn-git was working:

cody@cody-XPS-L521X:~/svn-repos$ svnadmin create testrepo cody@cody-XPS-L521X:~/svn-repos$ svnserve -d -r /home/cody/svn-repos cody@cody-XPS-L521X:~/svn-repos$ cd /tmp cody@cody-XPS-L521X:/tmp$ git svn clone svn://localhost/testrepo Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/testrepo/.git/

So I've verified my install is working and I understand how to clone a local repo.

What svn repo versions is git-svn compatible with? If the svnadmin version used to create the existing repo I want to clone was very old is that what is giving me the error? Is there a workaround?

How should I proceed?
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  1. Cody GoodmanDec 3, 2014
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