# git svn problem, probably a regression

4 messages from 2012-11-04 to 2013-02-20. Participants: Joern Huxhorn, Jeff King, Joseph Crowell, RIceball LEE.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/32013

## Joern Huxhorn, 2012-11-04 20:31

Subject: git svn problem, probably a regression
Message-ID: <36370AA5-4BB9-4D36-95A7-BB3DA315C9E6@googlemail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/36370AA5-4BB9-4D36-95A7-BB3DA315C9E6%40googlemail.com

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git svn failed on me with the following error while cloning an SVN repository:
r1216 = fcf69d5102378ee41217d60384b96549bf2173cb (refs/remotes/svn/trunk)
Found possible branch point: svn+ssh://<repositoryName>@<IP address>/trunk => svn+ssh://<repositoryName>@<IP address>/tags/xxxx_2008-10-22, 1216
Use of uninitialized value $u in substitution (s///) at /usr/local/Cellar/git/1.8.0/lib/Git/SVN.pm line 106.
Use of uninitialized value $u in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/local/Cellar/git/1.8.0/lib/Git/SVN.pm line 106.
refs/remotes/svn/asset-manager-redesign: 'svn+ssh://<IP address>' not found in ''

I'm running git 1.8.0 via Homebrew on OS X. It was called via svn2git but I doubt that this is the culprit.
A colleague of mine was able to perform the same operation with git 1.7.x (not sure which) on Debian so I assume that this is a regression.

I just wanted to let you know.

Cheers,
Joern.
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## Jeff King, 2012-11-08 18:06

Subject: Re: git svn problem, probably a regression
Message-ID: <20121108180657.GM15560@sigill.intra.peff.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20121108180657.GM15560%40sigill.intra.peff.net
In-Reply-To: <36370AA5-4BB9-4D36-95A7-BB3DA315C9E6@googlemail.com>

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On Sun, Nov 04, 2012 at 09:31:17PM +0100, Joern Huxhorn wrote:

> git svn failed on me with the following error while cloning an SVN repository:
> r1216 = fcf69d5102378ee41217d60384b96549bf2173cb (refs/remotes/svn/trunk)
> Found possible branch point: svn+ssh://<repositoryName>@<IP address>/trunk => svn+ssh://<repositoryName>@<IP address>/tags/xxxx_2008-10-22, 1216
> Use of uninitialized value $u in substitution (s///) at /usr/local/Cellar/git/1.8.0/lib/Git/SVN.pm line 106.
> Use of uninitialized value $u in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/local/Cellar/git/1.8.0/lib/Git/SVN.pm line 106.
> refs/remotes/svn/asset-manager-redesign: 'svn+ssh://<IP address>' not found in ''
> 
> I'm running git 1.8.0 via Homebrew on OS X. It was called via svn2git but I doubt that this is the culprit.
> A colleague of mine was able to perform the same operation with git 1.7.x (not sure which) on Debian so I assume that this is a regression.
> 
> I just wanted to let you know.

If you have time and can reproduce the bug at will, it would be very
helpful to use "git-bisect" to pinpoint the exact commit that causes the
breakage.

-Peff

```

## Joseph Crowell, 2012-11-09 13:39

Subject: Re: git svn problem, probably a regression
Message-ID: <loom.20121109T143454-821@post.gmane.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/loom.20121109T143454-821%40post.gmane.org
In-Reply-To: <20121108180657.GM15560@sigill.intra.peff.net>

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> > Use of uninitialized value $u in substitution (s///) at
/usr/local/Cellar/git/1.8.0/lib/Git/SVN.pm
> line 106.
> > Use of uninitialized value $u in concatenation (.) or string at
> /usr/local/Cellar/git/1.8.0/lib/Git/SVN.pm line 106.
> > refs/remotes/svn/asset-manager-redesign: 'svn+ssh://<IP address>' not found
in ''

> 
> If you have time and can reproduce the bug at will, it would be very
> helpful to use "git-bisect" to pinpoint the exact commit that causes the
> breakage.
> 
> -Peff
> 

I just encountered the exact same issue while converting an svn repo to git on
Windows through Git Bash. Same error.

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## RIceball LEE, 2013-02-20 22:13

Subject: Re: git svn problem, probably a regression
Message-ID: <loom.20130220T231216-271@post.gmane.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/loom.20130220T231216-271%40post.gmane.org
In-Reply-To: <loom.20121109T143454-821@post.gmane.org>

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Joseph Crowell <joseph.w.crowell <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> > > Use of uninitialized value $u in substitution (s///) at
> /usr/local/Cellar/git/1.8.0/lib/Git/SVN.pm
> > line 106.
> > > Use of uninitialized value $u in concatenation (.) or string at
> > /usr/local/Cellar/git/1.8.0/lib/Git/SVN.pm line 106.
> > > refs/remotes/svn/asset-manager-redesign: 'svn+ssh://<IP address>' not found
> in ''
> 
> > 
> > If you have time and can reproduce the bug at will, it would be very
> > helpful to use "git-bisect" to pinpoint the exact commit that causes the
> > breakage.
> > 
> > -Peff
> > 
> 
> I just encountered the exact same issue while converting an svn repo to git on
> Windows through Git Bash. Same error.
> 
> 


me too:

git svn fetch
Found possible branch point: 
https://amanda.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/amanda/amanda/branches/amanda-260 => 
https://amanda.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/amanda/amanda/tags/amanda260p1, 1022
Use of uninitialized value $u in substitution (s///) at 
/usr/local/Cellar/git/1.8.1.3/lib/Git/SVN.pm 
line 106.
Use of uninitialized value $u in concatenation (.) or string at 
/usr/local/Cellar/git/1.8.1.3/lib/Git/SVN.pm line 106.
refs/remotes/svn/amanda-260: 'https://amanda.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/amanda' 
not found 
in ''

```