# git svn fetch error

3 messages from 2011-05-22 to 2011-06-19. Participants: Dave Zarzycki, Michael Haggerty, Dave Abrahams.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/27431

## Dave Zarzycki, 2011-05-22 23:39

Subject: git svn fetch error
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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?

Thanks,

davez

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## Michael Haggerty, 2011-05-23 08:16

Subject: Re: git svn fetch error
Message-ID: <4DDA17D7.8020504@alum.mit.edu>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4DDA17D7.8020504%40alum.mit.edu
In-Reply-To: <3504B354-D3F2-4419-B2EC-E14F83EC0371@apple.com>

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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.
> 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

-- 
Michael Haggerty
mhagger@alum.mit.edu
http://softwareswirl.blogspot.com/

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## Dave Abrahams, 2011-06-19 15:57

Subject: Re: git svn fetch error
Message-ID: <loom.20110619T175544-191@post.gmane.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/loom.20110619T175544-191%40post.gmane.org
In-Reply-To: <4DDA17D7.8020504@alum.mit.edu>

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

> 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.

<snip>
 
> 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

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