Re: git 2.17.0: uninitialized value $rec in scalar chomp at ...Git.pm line 557

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Apr 6, 2018, 12:21 UTC
Message-ID: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1804061420340.55@ZVAVAG-6OXH6DA.rhebcr.pbec.zvpebfbsg.pbz>
In-Reply-To: <86h8oobl36.fsf@phe.ftfl.ca>

Hi Joseph,

On Fri, 6 Apr 2018, Joseph Mingrone wrote:

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> After upgrading to version 2.17.0, this message appears repeatedly when
> running `git svn rebase`:
> 
> Use of uninitialized value $rec in scalar chomp at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/Git.pm line 557, <$fh> chunk 1.
> 
> The value of chunk varies.  For example the message above may end with
> '...<$fh> chunk 5.'  This is with the FreeBSD packages git-2.17.0 and
> perl 5.26.1.

Does this stop the `rebase`?

Also: could you publish the unrebased branch so that others can reproduce
the error? (I am not claiming that I have enough time; I don't...)

Thanks, Johannes