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git svn fetch error

Subject: git svn fetch error

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3 messages between May 22, 2011 and Jun 19, 2011.

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Dave Zarzycki· May 22, 2011, 23:39 UTC · lore

Has anybody seen the following error with git svn fetch? I've seen this both with 1.7.4.4 and top-of-tree.

Argument "195270*" isn't numeric in numeric le (<=) at /usr/libexec/git-core/git-svn line 3840. Argument "195270*" isn't numeric in numeric le (<=) at /usr/libexec/git-core/git-svn line 3840. Argument "195270*" isn't numeric in numeric gt (>) at /usr/libexec/git-core/git-svn line 3822. Argument "195270*" isn't numeric in numeric ge (>=) at /usr/libexec/git-core/git-svn line 3823. Argument "195270*" isn't numeric in numeric gt (>) at /usr/libexec/git-core/git-svn line 3118.

How alarmed should I be?

Thanks,

davez

Michael Haggerty· May 23, 2011, 08:16 UTC · re: Dave Zarzycki · lore

Re: git svn fetch error

On 05/23/2011 01:39 AM, Dave Zarzycki wrote:

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> Has anybody seen the following error with git svn fetch? I've seen this both with 1.7.4.4 and top-of-tree.
> 
> Argument "195270*" isn't numeric in numeric le (<=) at /usr/libexec/git-core/git-svn line 3840.
> Argument "195270*" isn't numeric in numeric le (<=) at /usr/libexec/git-core/git-svn line 3840.
> Argument "195270*" isn't numeric in numeric gt (>) at /usr/libexec/git-core/git-svn line 3822.
> Argument "195270*" isn't numeric in numeric ge (>=) at /usr/libexec/git-core/git-svn line 3823.
> Argument "195270*" isn't numeric in numeric gt (>) at /usr/libexec/git-core/git-svn line 3118.
> 
> How alarmed should I be?

I haven't looked into the code, but from the argument shown in the error message my guess is that git-svn is being confused by Subversion's non-inheritable merge information. Non-inheritable merge information can arise from partial-tree merges. The hairy details about non-inheritable merge information are in the section entitled "Mergeinfo Inheritance and Non-Inheritable Ranges" in [1].

Michael

[1] http://www.collab.net/community/subversion/articles/merge-info.html

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Dave Abrahams· Jun 19, 2011, 15:57 UTC · re: Michael Haggerty · lore

Re: git svn fetch error

Michael Haggerty <mhagger <at> alum.mit.edu> writes:

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> On 05/23/2011 01:39 AM, Dave Zarzycki wrote:
> > Has anybody seen the following error with git svn fetch?
> > I've seen this both with 1.7.4.4 and top-of-tree.
> > 
> > Argument "195270*" isn't numeric in numeric le (<=) at 
> > /usr/libexec/git-core/git-svn line 3840.

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> I haven't looked into the code, but from the argument shown in the error
> message my guess is that git-svn is being confused by Subversion's
> non-inheritable merge information.  [1].
> 
> [1] http://www.collab.net/community/subversion/articles/merge-info.html

I"m seeing this problem too. What do I need to do to get this treated as a bug report?

Thanks, -- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing http://boostpro.com