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

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Jan 20, 2009, 16:41 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0901201736210.5159@intel-tinevez-2-302>
In-Reply-To: <63BEA5E623E09F4D92233FB12A9F794302BC6851@emailmn.mqsoftware.com>

Hi,

On Tue, 20 Jan 2009, Kelly F. Hickel wrote:

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> cat ../cvs2svn-tmp/git-blob.dat ../cvs2svn-tmp/git-dump.dat | git
> fast-import
> fatal: Unsupported command: '.
> fast-import: dumping crash report to .git/fast_import_crash_19097
> 
> The crash is 18MB and I'd rather not post it, but the only bits that
> seem somewhat interesting are:
> fast-import crash report:
>     fast-import process: 19097
>     parent process     : 19095
>     at Mon Jan 19 11:44:42 2009
> 
> fatal: Unsupported command: '.
> 
> Most Recent Commands Before Crash
> ---------------------------------
> (...)
>   reset refs/tags/T_9772
>   from :1000007127
>   reset refs/heads/TAG.FIXUP
>   
>   commit refs/heads/TAG.FIXUP
>   mark :1000007128
>   committer cvs2svn <cvs2svn> 1002043747 +0000
>   data 88
> * '.
> 
>

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