git svn error "Not a valid object name"

Hi there,

We have been attempting to move our smallish SVN repository for our Open Source project (ww.exist-db.org) from SourceForge over to GitHub and it is not going well at all.

We started with svn2git as recommended by GitHub and that didnt work, we are not on to using 'git svn' directly. If you want the backlog of detail its here - http://markmail.org/message/khjx6n2jbvcdnnf5

Our public SourceForge Subversion repository is here: http://svn.code.sf.net/p/exist/code/trunk/eXist

We cloned that to the local server using rsync and are attempting to migrate to git using the following commands:

$ git svn init -t tags -b stable -T trunk file:///home/ec2-user/svn-rsync/code new-git-repo $ cd new-git-repo $ git config svn-remote.svn.preserve-empty-dirs true $ git config svn-remote.svn.rewriteRoot https://svn.code.sf.net/p/exist/code $ git svn fetch -A /home/ec2-user/.svn2git/authors.txt

It all started well and was running away for quite some hours, when the following error occurred:

fatal: Not a valid object name ls-tree -z ./webapp/api/: command returned error: 128

I have no idea what this means, or how to fix this. We are using Git version 1.8.1.GIT on Amazon EC2 Linux.

Any suggestions please?

I reproduce the log of the last two revisions output from running 'git svn fetch ...' below, in case that provides any clues:

r3447 = e7d8dd23f78464228128e9b72711c5722b07ad42 (refs/remotes/trunk)
        M       eXist-1.0/src/org/exist/xquery/test/XQueryFunctionsTest.java
        M       eXist-1.0/src/org/exist/xquery/functions/FunString.java
r3448 = 811a870bb7b83d36ce41b2afab39b2fecf59803d (refs/remotes/trunk)
Found possible branch point:
file:///home/ec2-user/svn-rsync/code/trunk/eXist-1.0 =>
file:///home/ec2-user/svn-rsync/code/tags/DLN3445-pre-merge, 3452
Initializing parent: refs/remotes/tags/DLN3445-pre-merge@3452
        A       conf.xml
        A       src/org/exist/xmldb.xsl
        A       src/org/exist/Parser.java
        A       src/org/exist/util/LockOwner.java
        A       src/org/exist/util/CollectionScanner.java
        A       src/org/exist/util/SyntaxException.java
        A       src/org/exist/util/VariableByteInputStream.java
        A       src/org/exist/util/VariableByteOutputStream.java
        A       src/org/exist/util/LockException.java
        A       src/org/exist/util/Configuration.java
        A       src/org/exist/util/OrderedLinkedList.java
        A       src/org/exist/util/XMLFilenameFilter.java
        A       src/org/exist/util/PorterStemmer.java
        A       src/org/exist/util/SimpleTimeOutLock.java
        A       src/org/exist/util/ByteConversion.java
        A       src/org/exist/util/ProgressListener.java
        A       src/org/exist/util/IncludeXMLFilter.java
        A       src/org/exist/util/DatabaseConfigurationException.java
        A       src/org/exist/util/FastByteBuffer.java
        A       src/org/exist/util/Lockable.java
        A       src/org/exist/util/DirectoryScanner.java
        A       src/org/exist/util/FastStringBuffer.java
        A       src/org/exist/util/LongLinkedList.java
        A       src/org/exist/util/Lock.java
        A       src/org/exist/util/ProgressBar.java
        A       src/org/exist/util/LongArrayList.java
        A       src/org/exist/util/ReadOnlyException.java
        A       src/org/exist/util/VariableByteCoding.java
        A       src/org/exist/util/XMLUtil.java
        A       src/org/exist/util/test/VariableByteStreamTest.java
        A       src/org/exist/util/ObjectPool.java
        A       src/org/exist/util/Arrays.java
        A       src/org/exist/util/ProgressIndicator.java
        A       src/org/exist/util/SelectorUtils.java
        A       src/org/exist/http/HttpServer.java
        A       src/org/exist/http/HttpServerConnection.java
        A       src/org/exist/dom/NodeListImpl.java
        A       src/org/exist/dom/TextImpl.java
        A       src/org/exist/dom/NodeImpl.java
        A       src/org/exist/dom/VirtualNodeSet.java
        A       src/org/exist/dom/CharacterDataImpl.java
        A       src/org/exist/dom/NamedNodeMapImpl.java
        A       src/org/exist/dom/ElementImpl.java
        A       src/org/exist/dom/SymbolTable.java
        A       src/org/exist/dom/NodeIDSet.java
        A       src/org/exist/dom/NodeProxyFactory.java
        A       src/org/exist/dom/EmptyNodeSet.java
        A       src/org/exist/dom/SortedNodeSet.java
        A       src/org/exist/dom/DocumentFragmentImpl.java
        A       src/org/exist/dom/CommentImpl.java
        A       src/org/exist/dom/DOMImplementation.java
        A       src/org/exist/dom/NodeProxy.java
        A       src/org/exist/dom/DocumentIterator.java
        A       src/org/exist/dom/DocumentSet.java
        A       src/org/exist/dom/ArraySet.java
        A       src/org/exist/dom/Collection.java
        A       src/org/exist/dom/AttrImpl.java
        A       src/org/exist/dom/ProcessingInstructionImpl.java
        A       src/org/exist/dom/DocumentImpl.java
        A       src/org/exist/dom/NodeSet.java
        A       src/org/exist/dom/.ElementImpl.java.swp
        A       src/org/exist/dom/DocumentTypeImpl.java
        A       src/org/exist/cocoon/XMLDBSessionLoginAction.java
        A       src/org/exist/cocoon/XSPHelper.java
        A       src/org/exist/cocoon/Exist.java
        A       src/org/exist/cocoon/ExistImpl.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/Literal.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/FunNear.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/FunEndsWith.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/Expression.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/FunRound.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/Predicate.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/OpAnd.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/IntNumber.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/ValueString.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/FunKeywordMatchAll.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/Environment.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/LocationStep.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/FunId.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/FunNot.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/FunKeywordMatch.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/FLWR.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/Value.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/FunLast.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/ValueBoolean.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/FunPosition.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/FunSum.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/FunString.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/OpOr.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/NameTest.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/FunStrLength.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/BinaryOp.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/FunCeiling.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/VarBinding.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/ValueNumber.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/NodeTest.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/AnyTest.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/FunTrue.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/FunBoolean.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/ValueSet.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/FunName.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/OpEquals.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/RootNode.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/PathExpr.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/ValueException.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/ValueNodeSet.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/FunNumber.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/FunCount.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/OpNumeric.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/FunFalse.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/Step.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/Constants.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/TypeTest.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/FunKeywordMatchAny.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/Function.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/FunStartsWith.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/FunContains.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/Union.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/FunSubstring.java
        A       src/org/exist/xpath/FunFloor.java
        A       src/org/exist/Backup.java
        A       src/org/exist/Server.java
        A       src/org/exist/EXistException.java
        A       src/org/exist/InteractiveClient.java
        A       src/org/exist/parser/XPathParser.g
        A       src/org/exist/xmldb2.xsl
        A       src/org/exist/exist.xsl
        A       src/org/exist/DatabaseAdminServlet.java
        A       src/org/exist/soap/QueryServiceLocator.java
        A       src/org/exist/soap/AdminSoapBindingSkeleton.java
        A       src/org/exist/soap/deploy.wsdd
        A       src/org/exist/soap/undeploy.wsdd
        A       src/org/exist/soap/admin.wsdl
        A       src/org/exist/soap/QuerySoapBindingStub.java
        A       src/org/exist/soap/QueryResponseDocument.java
        A       src/org/exist/soap/QueryResponse.java
        A       src/org/exist/soap/QueryService.java
        A       src/org/exist/soap/Admin.java
        A       src/org/exist/soap/AdminSoapBindingImpl.java
        A       src/org/exist/soap/QuerySoapBindingSkeleton.java
        A       src/org/exist/soap/Collection.java
        A       src/org/exist/soap/query.wsdl
        A       src/org/exist/soap/AdminServiceLocator.java
        A       src/org/exist/soap/QueryResponseCollection.java
        A       src/org/exist/soap/AdminSoapBindingStub.java
        A       src/org/exist/soap/Query.java
        A       src/org/exist/soap/QuerySoapBindingImpl.java
        A       src/org/exist/soap/Sessions.java
        A       src/org/exist/soap/AdminService.java
        A       src/org/exist/GetServlet.java
        A       src/org/exist/ServletTest.java
        A       src/org/exist/storage/ElementIndex.java
        A       src/org/exist/storage/BFile.java
        A       src/org/exist/storage/NativeTextEngine.java
        A       src/org/exist/storage/ElementPool.java
        A       src/org/exist/storage/Signatures.java
        A       src/org/exist/storage/DOMTransaction.java
        A       src/org/exist/storage/RelationalTextEngine.java
        A       src/org/exist/storage/DBWrapper.java
        A       src/org/exist/storage/NativeElementIndex.java
        A       src/org/exist/storage/DBBroker.java
        A       src/org/exist/storage/NativeBroker.java
        A       src/org/exist/storage/ByteBuffer.java
        A       src/org/exist/storage/BFileCallback.java
        A       src/org/exist/storage/RelationalBroker.java
        A       src/org/exist/storage/DBConnectionPool.java
        A       src/org/exist/storage/TextSearchEngine.java
        A       src/org/exist/storage/ObjectPool.java
        A       src/org/exist/storage/analysis/SimpleTokenizer.java
        A       src/org/exist/storage/analysis/TextToken.java
        A
src/org/exist/storage/analysis/StandardTokenizerTokenManager.java
        A       src/org/exist/storage/analysis/StandardTokenizerConstants.java
        A       src/org/exist/storage/analysis/ParseException.java
        A       src/org/exist/storage/analysis/Tokenizer.java
        A       src/org/exist/storage/analysis/StandardTokenizer.java
        A       src/org/exist/storage/analysis/StandardTokenizer.jj
        A       src/org/exist/storage/analysis/Token.java
        A       src/org/exist/storage/analysis/TokenMgrError.java
        A       src/org/exist/storage/analysis/SimpleCharStream.java
        A       src/org/exist/storage/PostgresqlWrapper.java
        A       src/org/exist/storage/WordTokenizer.java
        A       src/org/exist/storage/OracleWrapper.java
        A       src/org/exist/storage/MysqlWrapper.java
        A       src/org/exist/storage/IndexPaths.java
        A       src/org/exist/storage/PgElementIndex.java
        A       src/org/exist/storage/TableInsert.java
        A       src/org/exist/storage/BrokerFactory.java
        A       src/org/exist/storage/serializers/Serializer.java
        A       src/org/exist/storage/serializers/NativeSerializer.java
        A       src/org/exist/storage/serializers/PostgresSerializer.java
        A       src/org/exist/storage/serializers/XIncludeFilter.java
        A       src/org/exist/storage/BrokerPool.java
        A       src/org/exist/storage/DOMFile.java
        A       src/org/exist/xmlrpc/RpcServlet.java
        A       src/org/exist/xmlrpc/RpcServer.java
        A       src/org/exist/xmlrpc/RpcAPI.java
        A       src/org/exist/xmlrpc/AuthenticatedHandler.java
        A       src/org/exist/xmldb/XMLResourceImpl.java
        A       src/org/exist/xmldb/CollectionManagementServiceImpl.java
        A       src/org/exist/xmldb/UserManagementService.java
        A       src/org/exist/xmldb/test/ResourceTest.java
        A       src/org/exist/xmldb/test/XPathQueryTest.java
        A       src/org/exist/xmldb/test/AllTests.java
        A       src/org/exist/xmldb/test/CreateCollectionsTest.java
        A       src/org/exist/xmldb/LocalDatabaseInstanceManager.java
        A       src/org/exist/xmldb/DatabaseInstanceManagerImpl.java
        A       src/org/exist/xmldb/LocalCollection.java
        A       src/org/exist/xmldb/LocalXPathQueryService.java
        A       src/org/exist/xmldb/LocalUserManagementService.java
        A       src/org/exist/xmldb/RemoteXPathQueryService.java
        A       src/org/exist/xmldb/XPathQueryServiceImpl.java
        A       src/org/exist/xmldb/CollectionImpl.java
        A       src/org/exist/xmldb/UserManagementServiceImpl.java
        A       src/org/exist/xmldb/LocalResourceSet.java
        A       src/org/exist/xmldb/LocalXMLResource.java
        A       src/org/exist/xmldb/ResourceIteratorImpl.java
        A       src/org/exist/xmldb/LocalCollectionManagementService.java
        A       src/org/exist/xmldb/DatabaseInstanceManager.java
        A       src/org/exist/xmldb/ResourceSetImpl.java
        A       src/org/exist/xmldb/DatabaseImpl.java
        A       src/org/exist/security/MD5.java
        A       src/org/exist/security/Permission.java
        A       src/org/exist/security/User.java
        A       src/org/exist/security/PermissionDeniedException.java
        A       src/org/exist/security/SecurityManager.java
        A       src/CatalogManager.properties
        A       build.properties
        A       thirdparty/jboss/src/samples/XmlDbClientServiceMBean.java
        A       thirdparty/jboss/src/samples/XmlDbClientService.java
        A       thirdparty/jboss/src/org/exist/jboss/XmlDbService.java
        A       thirdparty/jboss/src/org/exist/jboss/XmlDbServiceMBean.java
        A       thirdparty/jboss/src/org/exist/jboss/exist/EXistService.java
        A
thirdparty/jboss/src/org/exist/jboss/exist/EXistServiceMBean.java
        A       thirdparty/jboss/README
        A       thirdparty/jboss/build.xml
        A       thirdparty/jboss/conf/samples/jboss-service.xml
        A       thirdparty/jboss/conf/eXist/jboss-service.xml
        A       README
        A       QuickStart.html
        A       build.xml
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/bin/orgConvert.sh
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/bin/generateJavaDoc
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/bin/jetty.bat
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/bin/rant
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/bin/jetty.sysvinit
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/bin/release-jetty.sh
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/bin/jetty.sh
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/bin/jettyw98.bat
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/cgi-bin/env.sh
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/cgi-bin/redirect.sh
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/start.jar
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/README.TXT
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/etc/.cvsignore
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/etc/jdbcRealm.properties
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/etc/webdefault.xml
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/etc/stresstest.xml
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/etc/demo.xml
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/etc/demo.mlet
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/etc/nio.xml
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/etc/nbio.xml
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/etc/adminRealmproperties
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/etc/admin.xml
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/etc/htgroup
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/etc/examplesRealm.properties
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/etc/LICENSE.javax.servlet.txt
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/etc/j2me.xml
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/etc/LICENSE.javax.xml.html
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/etc/jetty.policy
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/etc/LICENSE.jmx.txt
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/etc/htaccess
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/etc/htpasswd
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/etc/jetty.xml
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/etc/watchdog.xml
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/etc/stresstestRealm.properties
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/etc/demoRealm.properties
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/etc/LICENSE.jsse.txt
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/etc/adminRealm.properties
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/etc/package-list
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/etc/jettydemo.p12
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/etc/demokeystore
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/.cvsignore
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/build.xml
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/ext/com.sun.net.ssl.jar
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/webapps/root/WEB-INF/web.xml
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/webapps/root/index.html
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/webapps/root/.cvsignore
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/VERSION.TXT
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/LICENSE.html
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/lib/org.mortbay.jetty-jdk1.2.jar
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/lib/org.mortbay.jmx.jar
        A       Jetty-4.1.4/lib/.cvsignore
        A       samples/LocalGet.java
        A       samples/biblio.rdf
        A       samples/catalog
        A       samples/shakespeare/.test.xml.swp
        A       samples/shakespeare/hamlet.xml
        A       samples/shakespeare/r_and_j.xml
        A       samples/shakespeare/test.xml
        A       samples/shakespeare/play.dtd
        A       samples/shakespeare/macbeth.xml
        A       samples/shakespeare/shakes.xsl
        A       samples/xinclude/sidebar.xml
        A       samples/xinclude/xinclude.xml
        A       samples/xinclude/disclaimer.xml
        A       samples/play.dtd
        A       samples/xcatalog.xml
        A       samples/soap/getdoc.pl
        A       samples/soap/query.pl
        A       samples/soap/QueryExample.java
        A       samples/soap/Client.cs
        A       samples/soap/store.pl
        A       samples/soap/remove.pl
        A       samples/soap/QueryService.cs
        A       samples/soap/SoapQuery.cs
        A       samples/soap/AdminService.cs
        A       samples/soap/QueryForm.cs
        A       samples/xmlrpc/Search.java
        A       samples/xmlrpc/Store.java
        A       samples/xmlrpc/Get.java
        A       samples/xmldb/NestedQuery.java
        A       samples/xmldb/APIGet.java
        A       samples/xmldb/APISearch.java
        A       samples/xmldb/APIParse.java
        A       samples/xmldb/APIParseDOM.java
        A       build.bat
        A       lib/optional/logkit-20020529.jar
        A       lib/optional/clutil.jar
        A       lib/optional/commons-JXPath-20020320.jar
        A       lib/optional/commons-logging.jar
        A       lib/optional/jakarta-regexp-1.2.jar
        A       lib/optional/axis.jar
        A       lib/optional/ant-optional.jar
        A       lib/optional/wsdl4j.jar
        A       lib/optional/bsf-2.2.jar
        A       lib/optional/jstyle.jar
        A       lib/optional/maybeupload_1-0-5pre3.jar
        A       lib/optional/avalon-framework-20020627.jar
        A       lib/optional/avalon-excalibur-vm12-20020705.jar
        A       lib/optional/cocoon-2.0.3.jar
        A       lib/optional/saaj.jar
        A       lib/optional/commons-discovery.jar
        A       lib/optional/commons-httpclient-20020423.jar
        A       lib/optional/tt-bytecode.jar
        A       lib/optional/commons-collections-1.0.jar
        A       lib/optional/axis-ant.jar
        A       lib/optional/jaxrpc.jar
        A       lib/core/mysql.jar
        A       lib/core/xmldb.jar
        A       lib/core/jakarta-oro-2.0.6.jar
        A       lib/core/xercesImpl.jar
        A       lib/core/excalibur-cli-1.0.jar
        A       lib/core/log4j.jar
        A       lib/core/antlr.jar
        A       lib/core/ant.jar
        A       lib/core/resolver-20020130.jar
        A       lib/core/junit.jar
        A       lib/core/libreadline-java.jar
        A       lib/core/xml-apis.jar
        A       lib/core/javax.servlet.jar
        A       lib/core/trove.jar
        A       lib/core/xalan-2.3.1.jar
        A       lib/core/xmlrpc-1.1.jar
        A       exist.jar
        A       bin/startup.sh
        A       bin/server.bat
        A       bin/antRun.bat
        A       bin/rpclite.pl
        A       bin/run.sh
        A       bin/server.sh
        A       bin/xmlrpc.pl
        A       bin/shutdown.bat
        A       bin/ant
        A       bin/client.bat
        A       bin/shutdown.sh
        A       bin/ant.bat
        A       bin/client.sh
        A       bin/query.py
        A       bin/cpappend.bat
        A       bin/exist.bat
        A       bin/startup.bat
        A       bin/antRun
        A       bin/run.bat
        A       build.sh
        A       client.properties
        A       default.css
        A       org.mortbay.jetty.jar
fatal: Not a valid object name
ls-tree -z  ./webapp/api/: command returned error: 128

-- Adam Retter

eXist Developer { United Kingdom } adam@exist-db.org irc://irc.freenode.net/existdb

Adam Retter <adam@exist-db.org> wrote:

It's asking me for a username/password...

You might've hit a bug in branch detection, but I'd have to look at the repo to be certain and fix it if neded. --no-follow-parent should work, but you'd lose branch/tag history.

Hi Eric,

Thanks for the response, ideally we would like to keep our history which is why we are really using one of these tools in the first place.

If your able, any idea of when you might be able to take a look at the bug? Our svn repo is publicly available for all.

Adam Retter <adam@exist-db.org> wrote:

svn ls https://svn.code.sf.net/p/exist/code/trunk ...Is asking me for username

Http:// should provide access without password ......

-- Dannes Wessels

On 16 mrt. 2013, at 18:13, Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> wrote:

Ah right yes, sorry the HTTPS version needs a username the HTTP version does not. Please use:

http://svn.code.sf.net/p/exist/code

On 16 March 2013 17:13, Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> wrote:

-- Adam Retter

eXist Developer { United Kingdom } adam@exist-db.org irc://irc.freenode.net/existdb

[+Cc Eric]

Adam Retter <adam@exist-db.org> writes:

The important observation is that the object name is missing; the error is misleading in that it simply tells us that what is *taken* for the object name is invalid.

There appear to be only two uses of ls-tree -z without further options in git-svn, namely:

SVN/Fetcher.pm:165: my ($tree) = (command('ls-tree', '-z', $self->{c}, "./$gpath") SVN/Fetcher.pm:197: ($mode, $blob) = (command('ls-tree', '-z', $self->{c}, "./$gpath

In either one, $self->{c} is empty if they fail in this way. And that seems to come from 'sub new', which says

	if (exists $git_svn->{last_commit}) {
		$self->{c} = $git_svn->{last_commit};
		$self->{empty_symlinks} =
		                  _mark_empty_symlinks($git_svn, $switch_path);
	}

So for some reason new() thinks it's okay to leave $self->{c} uninitialized, but delete_entry() and open_file() expect it to be set.

It does seem that the ls-tree $self->{c} usage in both of those routines is from approximately the beginning of time. See these two, if you compiled your git with log -L:

  git log -L:delete_entry:git-svn.perl a6180325^
  git log -L:open_file:git-svn.perl a6180325^

Unfortunately that's pretty much where my git-svn knowledge ends. Maybe Eric can help?