# Problem with git-svnimport

3 messages from 2007-10-16 to 2007-10-18. Participants: VAUCHER Laurent, Jan Hudec, Steven Grimm.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/10314

## VAUCHER Laurent, 2007-10-16 12:30

Subject: Problem with git-svnimport
Message-ID: <55DDB08CC9CD2941A70E8D626789A2C906A4031A@ec8l7ljvo9h5dde.hosting.exch>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/55DDB08CC9CD2941A70E8D626789A2C906A4031A%40ec8l7ljvo9h5dde.hosting.exch

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  Hi.

  Trying to convert a svn repository to git, I encountered the following
error:

Use of uninitialized value in hash element at /usr/bin/git-svnimport
line 534.

  Line 534 reads:
	my $gitrev = $branches{$srcbranch}{$therev};

  I have installed packages git-core and git-svn on Ubuntu. These
package have versions: "1:1.5.2.5-2-feisty1"

  The tool seems to choke on tags or branches with special characters
(underscore, for instance).


Laurent.

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## Jan Hudec, 2007-10-18 18:09

Subject: Re: Problem with git-svnimport
Message-ID: <20071018180916.GK26127@efreet.light.src>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20071018180916.GK26127%40efreet.light.src
In-Reply-To: <55DDB08CC9CD2941A70E8D626789A2C906A4031A@ec8l7ljvo9h5dde.hosting.exch>

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On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 14:30:30 +0200, VAUCHER Laurent wrote:
>   Hi.
> 
>   Trying to convert a svn repository to git, I encountered the following
> error:
> 
> Use of uninitialized value in hash element at /usr/bin/git-svnimport
> line 534.
> 
>   Line 534 reads:
> 	my $gitrev = $branches{$srcbranch}{$therev};
> 
>   I have installed packages git-core and git-svn on Ubuntu. These
> package have versions: "1:1.5.2.5-2-feisty1"
> 
>   The tool seems to choke on tags or branches with special characters
> (underscore, for instance).

git-svnimport is obsoleted (or mostly so) by git-svn. Look at that, please.

-- 
						 Jan 'Bulb' Hudec <bulb@ucw.cz>

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## Steven Grimm, 2007-10-18 23:06

Subject: Re: Problem with git-svnimport
Message-ID: <4717E706.5040500@midwinter.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4717E706.5040500%40midwinter.com
In-Reply-To: <20071018180916.GK26127@efreet.light.src>

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Jan Hudec wrote:
> git-svnimport is obsoleted (or mostly so) by git-svn. Look at that, please.
>   

This has been asked before, but I don't think there was a good answer: 
What remaining features does git-svnimport have that git-svn doesn't? It 
would be nice to not have two such tools if one of them doesn't actually 
add any value. Can we safely deprecate git-svnimport in the next release?

-Steve

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