# git-svn not working when parent of cloned dir requires auth 4 messages from 2008-12-08 to 2008-12-08. Participants: D. Stuart Freeman, Junio C Hamano, Eric Wong. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/16640 ## D. Stuart Freeman, 2008-12-08 20:54 Subject: git-svn not working when parent of cloned dir requires auth Message-ID: <20081208205418.GA16418@cetel-004-xx6.admin.gatech.edu> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20081208205418.GA16418%40cetel-004-xx6.admin.gatech.edu ``` I'm trying to 'git svn clone https://mware.ucdavis.edu/svn/ucd-sakai/gradebook-gwt -s' that repo is setup to allow anonymous reading of that directory tree, but git-svn prompts me for a password. I think git-svn is traversing up the directory tree and encountering a directory that needs authn, can I prevent it from doing that? -- D. Stuart Freeman Georgia Institute of Technology ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2008-12-08 21:30 Subject: Re: git-svn not working when parent of cloned dir requires auth Message-ID: <7v4p1e73tt.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7v4p1e73tt.fsf%40gitster.siamese.dyndns.org In-Reply-To: <20081208205418.GA16418@cetel-004-xx6.admin.gatech.edu> ``` "D. Stuart Freeman" writes: > I'm trying to > 'git svn clone https://mware.ucdavis.edu/svn/ucd-sakai/gradebook-gwt -s' > that repo is setup to allow anonymous reading of that directory tree, but > git-svn prompts me for a password. I think git-svn is traversing up the > directory tree and encountering a directory that needs authn, can I prevent > it from doing that? That sounds suspiciously similar to what I observed long time ago: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/46361/focus=46558 And $gmane/47151 in the thread, aka dc43166 (git-svn: don't minimize-url when doing an init that tracks multiple paths, 2007-05-19), supposed to have fixed it. Hmm... Eric? ``` ## D. Stuart Freeman, 2008-12-08 22:07 Subject: Re: git-svn not working when parent of cloned dir requires auth Message-ID: <20081208220749.GB16418@cetel-004-xx6.admin.gatech.edu> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20081208220749.GB16418%40cetel-004-xx6.admin.gatech.edu In-Reply-To: <7v4p1e73tt.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> ``` In looking at the source of git-svn, I see: ' # there are currently some bugs that prevent multi-init/multi-fetch # setups from working well without this. $Git::SVN::_minimize_url = 1;' I tried setting it to '0' and rerunning my clone. It no longer prompted for a password, but it still failed to clone anything. On Mon, Dec 08, 2008 at 01:30:06PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: > "D. Stuart Freeman" writes: > > > I'm trying to > > 'git svn clone https://mware.ucdavis.edu/svn/ucd-sakai/gradebook-gwt -s' > > that repo is setup to allow anonymous reading of that directory tree, but > > git-svn prompts me for a password. I think git-svn is traversing up the > > directory tree and encountering a directory that needs authn, can I prevent > > it from doing that? > > That sounds suspiciously similar to what I observed long time ago: > > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/46361/focus=46558 > > And $gmane/47151 in the thread, aka dc43166 (git-svn: don't minimize-url > when doing an init that tracks multiple paths, 2007-05-19), supposed to > have fixed it. > > Hmm... Eric? -- D. Stuart Freeman Georgia Institute of Technology ``` ## Eric Wong, 2008-12-08 23:20 Subject: Re: git-svn not working when parent of cloned dir requires auth Message-ID: <20081208232006.GA21675@hand.yhbt.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20081208232006.GA21675%40hand.yhbt.net In-Reply-To: <7v4p1e73tt.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> ``` Junio C Hamano wrote: > "D. Stuart Freeman" writes: > > > I'm trying to > > 'git svn clone https://mware.ucdavis.edu/svn/ucd-sakai/gradebook-gwt -s' > > that repo is setup to allow anonymous reading of that directory tree, but > > git-svn prompts me for a password. I think git-svn is traversing up the > > directory tree and encountering a directory that needs authn, can I prevent > > it from doing that? > > That sounds suspiciously similar to what I observed long time ago: > > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/46361/focus=46558 > > And $gmane/47151 in the thread, aka dc43166 (git-svn: don't minimize-url > when doing an init that tracks multiple paths, 2007-05-19), supposed to > have fixed it. There are some other auth issues that I'm not sure ever got resolved. The SVN path->branch mapping code is a mess and has needed a rework for a while... And I've gotten sick again this weekend. Tis the season... Stuart: For now, running the old style one-connection per-remote config may be the easiest way to go: ------------ in your .git/config: --------- [svn-remote "svn"] url = https://mware.ucdavis.edu/svn/ucd-sakai/gradebook-gwt/trunk fetch = :refs/remotes/trunk [svn-remote "bloatedGxtAndVanilla"] url = https://mware.ucdavis.edu/svn/ucd-sakai/gradebook-gwt/branches/bloatedGxtAndVanilla fetch = :refs/remotes/bloatedGxtAndVanilla [svn-remote "pre-GXT"] url = https://mware.ucdavis.edu/svn/ucd-sakai/gradebook-gwt/branches/pre-GXT fetch = :refs/remotes/pre-GXT ------------------------------------------- Then run "git-svn fetch -i $SVN_REMOTE" for each svn-remote -- Eric Wong ```