# svn svn returning 'fatal: Not a valid object name' on sourceforge svn repo 3 messages from 2009-12-03 to 2009-12-06. Participants: Stephen Bannasch, Eric Wong. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/21850 ## Stephen Bannasch, 2009-12-03 21:00 Subject: svn svn returning 'fatal: Not a valid object name' on sourceforge svn repo Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/p0624081ac73dd6a1aaff%40%5B63.138.152.192%5D ``` I use git svn often and normally it works fine. I getting a fatal error trying to clone the asciimathm svn repo at sourceforge: $ git svn clone --trunk=trunk --branches=branches http://asciimathml.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/asciimathml asciimathml-svn-git fatal: Not a valid object name ls-tree -z ./: command returned error: 128 Anybody seen this kind of problem before. A svn co works fine. I'm using git version 1.6.5.1 on mac os 10.5.8. ``` ## Eric Wong, 2009-12-05 22:49 Subject: Re: svn svn returning 'fatal: Not a valid object name' on sourceforge svn repo Message-ID: <20091205224950.GC2120@dcvr.yhbt.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20091205224950.GC2120%40dcvr.yhbt.net In-Reply-To: ``` Stephen Bannasch wrote: > I use git svn often and normally it works fine. > > I getting a fatal error trying to clone the asciimathm svn repo at sourceforge: > > $ git svn clone --trunk=trunk --branches=branches http://asciimathml.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/asciimathml asciimathml-svn-git > fatal: Not a valid object name > ls-tree -z ./: command returned error: 128 > > Anybody seen this kind of problem before. > > A svn co works fine. > > I'm using git version 1.6.5.1 on mac os 10.5.8. Hi Stephen, Passing the "-r4:HEAD" parameter to "git svn clone" should work. It looks like the repository was initially miscreated and "trunk" was a symlink (and not a directory) in r1. I have not yet thought of a good solution to this, yet... -- Eric Wong ``` ## Stephen Bannasch, 2009-12-06 17:49 Subject: Re: svn svn returning 'fatal: Not a valid object name' on sourceforge svn repo Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/p06240802c7419ec49cd5%40%5B192.168.1.106%5D In-Reply-To: <20091205224950.GC2120@dcvr.yhbt.net> ``` At 2:49 PM -0800 12/5/09, Eric Wong wrote: >Stephen Bannasch wrote: >> I use git svn often and normally it works fine. >> >> I getting a fatal error trying to clone the asciimathm svn repo at sourceforge: >> >> $ git svn clone --trunk=trunk --branches=branches http://asciimathml.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/asciimathml asciimathml-svn-git >> fatal: Not a valid object name > > ls-tree -z ./: command returned error: 128 > >Passing the "-r4:HEAD" parameter to "git svn clone" should work. It >looks like the repository was initially miscreated and "trunk" was a >symlink (and not a directory) in r1. Thanks Eric, your suggestion worked. How could you tell the first svn commit was a symlink? ```