Re: git svn error "Not a valid object name"

From: Adam Retter <adam@exist-db.org>
Date: Mar 16, 2013, 12:07 UTC
Message-ID: <CAJKLP9aX20i+oy7AMhh5+uAmP2Np4tUGTEvR+XDHyG1a_DSXtQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20130316014548.GA16253@dcvr.yhbt.net>

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>> fatal: Not a valid object name
>> ls-tree -z  ./webapp/api/: command returned error: 128
>>
>> I have no idea what this means, or how to fix this.
>> We are using Git version 1.8.1.GIT on Amazon EC2 Linux.
>>
>> Any suggestions please?
>
> You might've hit a bug in branch detection, but I'd have to look at the
> repo to be certain and fix it if neded.
> --no-follow-parent should work, but you'd lose branch/tag history.

Hi Eric,

Thanks for the response, ideally we would like to keep our history which is why we are really using one of these tools in the first place.

If your able, any idea of when you might be able to take a look at the bug? Our svn repo is publicly available for all.

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Adam Retter

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