Possible error on the git-svn man page

Szuba, Marek (IKP)· Jun 28, 2013, 07:54 UTC · lore

Hello,

On the git-svn(1) man page, the third example in the "Basic Examples" section discusses how one can speed up the initial clone of a Subversion repository by cloning it from Git first and linking it to Subversion afterwards. However, it seems this example is not correct. I have had several people try it on several different repositories, with different git versions (specifically, 1.7 and 1.8) - and every time the process fails at the same moment with the same error message:

$ git checkout -b master FETCH_HEAD fatal: Cannot update paths and switch to branch 'master' at the same time. Did you intend to checkout 'FETCH_HEAD' which can not be resolved as commit?

Therefore, I believe the man page ought to be updated so that the example works again.

If you have any questions, please let me know (by direct e-mail - I am not subscribed to the mailing list).

All the best,

-- 
MS

Jonathan Nieder· Jul 7, 2013, 02:15 UTC · re: Szuba, Marek (IKP) · lore

Re: Possible error on the git-svn man page

Hi,

Szuba, Marek (IKP) wrote:

> On the git-svn(1) man page, the third example in the "Basic Examples"

[...]

> $ git checkout -b master FETCH_HEAD
> fatal: Cannot update paths and switch to branch 'master' at the same time.
> Did you intend to checkout 'FETCH_HEAD' which can not be resolved as commit?

What branch are you on when you run "git fetch"? What does "git log FETCH_HEAD" say? Is this repository public, which would let people on this list try it out?

Thanks, Jonathan