# git svn clone failure 5 messages from 2009-03-27 to 2009-03-28. Participants: Lachlan Deck, Markus Heidelberg. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/18594 ## Lachlan Deck, 2009-03-27 21:18 Subject: git svn clone failure Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/A5DCF978-5D10-4A6C-BE4B-1024FA475E2F%40gmail.com ``` Hi there, I'm trying to clone an existing svn repository with git (just getting started with git) and it keeps failing with: ... r604 = 6428e63734a21ee5fcb4593274747e2758578a91 (git-svn) fatal: unable to run 'git-svn' I'm using git version 1.6.2 Mac OS X 10.5.6. git installed via macports with svn support. Any ideas? How do I find out why it's failing? Thanks. with regards, -- Lachlan Deck ``` ## Markus Heidelberg, 2009-03-28 12:59 Subject: Re: git svn clone failure Message-ID: <200903281359.34412.markus.heidelberg@web.de> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/200903281359.34412.markus.heidelberg%40web.de In-Reply-To: ``` Lachlan Deck, 27.03.2009: > Hi there, > > I'm trying to clone an existing svn repository with git (just getting > started with git) and it keeps failing with: > ... > r604 = 6428e63734a21ee5fcb4593274747e2758578a91 (git-svn) > fatal: unable to run 'git-svn' Are you sure r604 isn't the latest svn revision? I always get this error when doing "git svn fetch" with an http URL, it doesn't occur with an svn URL. But everything seems to work fine, though. Markus ``` ## Lachlan Deck, 2009-03-28 14:16 Subject: Re: git svn clone failure Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/F76E6356-60EB-4FDE-B97E-CB34FF2D7017%40gmail.com In-Reply-To: <200903281359.34412.markus.heidelberg@web.de> ``` On 28/03/2009, at 11:59 PM, Markus Heidelberg wrote: > Lachlan Deck, 27.03.2009: >> Hi there, >> >> I'm trying to clone an existing svn repository with git (just getting >> started with git) and it keeps failing with: >> ... >> r604 = 6428e63734a21ee5fcb4593274747e2758578a91 (git-svn) >> fatal: unable to run 'git-svn' > > Are you sure r604 isn't the latest svn revision? A few thousand out, yes. > I always get this error when doing "git svn fetch" with an http URL, > it > doesn't occur with an svn URL. But everything seems to work fine, > though. Interesting. Yes, it's from an https url. I'll try svn+ssh://.. But are you saying there's no way to get more info about the error? Thanks with regards, -- Lachlan Deck ``` ## Markus Heidelberg, 2009-03-28 15:20 Subject: Re: git svn clone failure Message-ID: <200903281620.29564.markus.heidelberg@web.de> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/200903281620.29564.markus.heidelberg%40web.de In-Reply-To: ``` Lachlan Deck, 28.03.2009: > On 28/03/2009, at 11:59 PM, Markus Heidelberg wrote: > > > Lachlan Deck, 27.03.2009: > >> Hi there, > >> > >> I'm trying to clone an existing svn repository with git (just getting > >> started with git) and it keeps failing with: > >> ... > >> r604 = 6428e63734a21ee5fcb4593274747e2758578a91 (git-svn) > >> fatal: unable to run 'git-svn' > > > > Are you sure r604 isn't the latest svn revision? > > A few thousand out, yes. > > > I always get this error when doing "git svn fetch" with an http URL, > > it > > doesn't occur with an svn URL. But everything seems to work fine, > > though. > > Interesting. Yes, it's from an https url. I'll try svn+ssh://.. > But are you saying there's no way to get more info about the error? At least I don't have more info about it except for this: I use Gentoo Linux and the git ebuild (I have the distribution package installed, but use the self-compiled git) says "Per Gentoo bugs #223747, #238586, when subversion is built" "with USE=dso, there may be weird crashes in git-svn. You" "have been warned." I have subversion compiled with dso (Enable runtime module search), it's enabled per default. And since it worked, I didn't change it. But it would be interesting to see, if this error has something to do with it. Maybe I'll try it out. Markus ``` ## Lachlan Deck, 2009-03-28 17:29 Subject: Re: git svn clone failure Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/FD1B54BB-EB43-4F53-B737-6CB8096BC512%40gmail.com In-Reply-To: <200903281620.29564.markus.heidelberg@web.de> ``` On 29/03/2009, at 2:20 AM, Markus Heidelberg wrote: > Lachlan Deck, 28.03.2009: >> On 28/03/2009, at 11:59 PM, Markus Heidelberg wrote: >> >>> Lachlan Deck, 27.03.2009: >>>> Hi there, >>>> >>>> I'm trying to clone an existing svn repository with git (just >>>> getting >>>> started with git) and it keeps failing with: >>>> ... >>>> r604 = 6428e63734a21ee5fcb4593274747e2758578a91 (git-svn) >>>> fatal: unable to run 'git-svn' >>> >>> Are you sure r604 isn't the latest svn revision? >> >> A few thousand out, yes. >> >>> I always get this error when doing "git svn fetch" with an http URL, >>> it >>> doesn't occur with an svn URL. But everything seems to work fine, >>> though. >> >> Interesting. Yes, it's from an https url. I'll try svn+ssh://.. >> But are you saying there's no way to get more info about the error? > > At least I don't have more info about it except for this: > I use Gentoo Linux and the git ebuild (I have the distribution package > installed, but use the self-compiled git) says > > "Per Gentoo bugs #223747, #238586, when subversion is built" > "with USE=dso, there may be weird crashes in git-svn. You" > "have been warned." > > I have subversion compiled with dso (Enable runtime module search), > it's > enabled per default. And since it worked, I didn't change it. But it > would be interesting to see, if this error has something to do with > it. > Maybe I'll try it out. It may well have been a network issue for me when I tried the other day. It seemed to work fine now. with regards, -- Lachlan Deck ```