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Re: git-svn dcommit gone wrong and git-fsck

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BHBruno Harbulot <bruno.harbulot@manchester.ac.uk>
Date
Aug 26, 2008, 18:01 UTC
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<g91gdv$qgi$1@ger.gmane.org>
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Björn Steinbrink wrote:
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> On 2008.08.26 17:37:36 +0100, Bruno Harbulot wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I had 11 consecutive commits in my local git repository that I was  
>> trying to commit to an SVN repository, using "git-svn dcommit". The  
>> first 7 worked fine, as usual. However, when sending the 8th, I got a  
>> "Bus error" (on OSX -- I'm not sure what the actual cause was).
>>
>> A further "git-svn dcommit" produces this error.
>> Cannot dcommit with a dirty index.  Commit your changes first, or stash  
>> them with `git stash'.
>>  at /opt/local/bin/git-svn line 406
> 
> 1. git checkout $your_branch
> 
> 2. Look up the latest commit you had on your branch using "git reflog"
>    or "git log -g"
> 
> 3. git reset --hard $that_commit
> 
> 4. git svn rebase
> 
> 5. check that your history is sane
> 
> 6. git svn dcommit
> 
Thanks a lot! It works.
Best wishes,
Bruno.
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