Re: git-svn: cloning an SVN repo with sub-branches and sub-tags

From: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Date: Mar 29, 2012, 15:32 UTC
Message-ID: <CALkWK0mn=vWexhYMNPV5iKf-hX5gTHYjOS4o+E1mFjUtL49hmg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4F7467E1.3090004@pocock.com.au>

Hi Daniel,

Daniel Pocock wrote:

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> git svn clone \
>  -T trunk \
>  -t tags \
>  -b branches \
>  https://flactag.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/flactag \
>  flactag-git1
>
> I don't get any of the branches or tags, and I get numerous warnings like
> this:
>
> W: -empty_dir: branches/d_pocock/autotools/HTTPFetch.cc
> W: -empty_dir: branches/d_pocock/autotools/HTTPFetch.h
> W: Cannot find common ancestor between
> f475b655c10b55b36df8376a396c0d9534418617 and
> 7e277bfd626a1caa84681e93a7af73e0160eb2eb. Ignoring merge info.
> W: Cannot find common ancestor between
> f475b655c10b55b36df8376a396c0d9534418617 and
> a82cd9bd2197a89303558af9aad43fa0c23d1ddb. Ignoring merge info.

These look like genuine warnings; git-svn probably doesn't like your repository (nested branches/ tags, missing mergeinfo etc)

> I have the impression that git-svn does not like the repository layout, and
> it is not clear from the manual page how to make it work.  Can anyone share
> any advice about this?

Off the top of my head, you could try doing two things:
1. Try exporting the branches and tags by hand one-by-one.
2. You could try using reposurgeon [1] to fix the repository.

[1]: http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=4071

Ram