# Proper URI for "svn clone" on a network share (Win32) 7 messages from 2013-08-14 to 2013-08-21. Participants: Tim Chase, John Keeping. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/34696 ## Tim Chase, 2013-08-14 17:49 Subject: Proper URI for "svn clone" on a network share (Win32) Message-ID: <20130814124933.77b51a04@bigbox.christie.dr> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20130814124933.77b51a04%40bigbox.christie.dr ``` I've been sparring with the proper syntax and hope someone can give me the magic I'm missing. I want to do something of the form c:\temp> git svn clone "file:///x:/path/to/repo/trunk/utils/project1" but get various failures. My best-effort (above) gets me as far as actually starting some sort of clone but it dies with """ Permission denied: Can't open '/tmp/report.tmp': Permission denied at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/Git/SVN.pm line 1210 """ If it makes any difference, this is within a cmd.exe shell (with $PATH set appropriately so git is being found). Am I missing something in the URL syntax to get it to clone my svn repo with less drama? -tkc PS: I don't really care much about pushing back to svn, existing svn branches or tags, or username mapping. If needed, I can apply patches out of git which is far less painful than switching/merging branches in svn. So I can be a little rough-shod with cloning the svn repo. PPS: in case it matters: C:\work\utils\temp\ios>git version git version 1.8.3.msysgit.0 . ``` ## Tim Chase, 2013-08-14 23:26 Subject: Re: Proper URI for "svn clone" on a network share (Win32) Message-ID: <20130814182657.3c03c5df@bigbox.christie.dr> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20130814182657.3c03c5df%40bigbox.christie.dr In-Reply-To: <20130814124933.77b51a04@bigbox.christie.dr> ``` On 2013-08-14 12:49, Tim Chase wrote: > If it makes any difference, this is within a cmd.exe shell (with > $PATH set appropriately so git is being found). Just a follow-up, I tried it within the "bash"ish shell included in the git install and got the same error regarding "/tmp/report.tmp". -tkc ``` ## John Keeping, 2013-08-15 08:00 Subject: Re: Proper URI for "svn clone" on a network share (Win32) Message-ID: <20130815080058.GM2337@serenity.lan> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20130815080058.GM2337%40serenity.lan In-Reply-To: <20130814182657.3c03c5df@bigbox.christie.dr> ``` On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 06:26:57PM -0500, Tim Chase wrote: > On 2013-08-14 12:49, Tim Chase wrote: > > If it makes any difference, this is within a cmd.exe shell (with > > $PATH set appropriately so git is being found). > > Just a follow-up, I tried it within the "bash"ish shell included in > the git install and got the same error regarding "/tmp/report.tmp". It seems that report.tmp is something that SVN creates and for some reason the svn on your system is trying to create it in a Unix style temporary directory. What happens if you export TMPDIR=C:/Windows/Temp before running git-svn? ``` ## Tim Chase, 2013-08-15 11:12 Subject: Re: Proper URI for "svn clone" on a network share (Win32) Message-ID: <20130815061229.24dfe891@bigbox.christie.dr> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20130815061229.24dfe891%40bigbox.christie.dr In-Reply-To: <20130815080058.GM2337@serenity.lan> ``` On 2013-08-15 09:00, John Keeping wrote: > On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 06:26:57PM -0500, Tim Chase wrote: > > On 2013-08-14 12:49, Tim Chase wrote: > > > If it makes any difference, this is within a cmd.exe shell (with > > > $PATH set appropriately so git is being found). > > > > Just a follow-up, I tried it within the "bash"ish shell included > > in the git install and got the same error regarding > > "/tmp/report.tmp". > > It seems that report.tmp is something that SVN creates and for some > reason the svn on your system is trying to create it in a Unix style > temporary directory. > > What happens if you export TMPDIR=C:/Windows/Temp before running > git-svn? Still getting the same results. I tried: 1) cmd.exe with my local temp dir: c:\temp> TEMPDIR=%TEMP% c:\temp> git svn clone "file:///x:/path/to/repo/trunk/utils/project1" 2) cmd.exe with the windows temp dir as you specify: c:\temp> TEMPDIR=c:\windows\temp c:\temp> git svn clone "file:///x:/path/to/repo/trunk/utils/project1" 3) git's bash.exe with inline variable definition: $ TEMPDIR=c:/Windows/Temp git svn clone "file:///x:/path/to/repo/trunk/utils/project1" 4) git's bash.exe with exported variable: $ export TEMPDIR=c:/Windows/Temp $ git svn clone "file:///x:/path/to/repo/trunk/utils/project1" All of them died with the complaint about "/tmp/report.tmp" Thanks for the suggestion though. At least we've determined one thing that *isn't* the issue ;-) -tkc ``` ## John Keeping, 2013-08-15 11:35 Subject: Re: Proper URI for "svn clone" on a network share (Win32) Message-ID: <20130815113542.GN2337@serenity.lan> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20130815113542.GN2337%40serenity.lan In-Reply-To: <20130815061229.24dfe891@bigbox.christie.dr> ``` On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 06:12:29AM -0500, Tim Chase wrote: > On 2013-08-15 09:00, John Keeping wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 06:26:57PM -0500, Tim Chase wrote: > > > On 2013-08-14 12:49, Tim Chase wrote: > > > > If it makes any difference, this is within a cmd.exe shell (with > > > > $PATH set appropriately so git is being found). > > > > > > Just a follow-up, I tried it within the "bash"ish shell included > > > in the git install and got the same error regarding > > > "/tmp/report.tmp". > > > > It seems that report.tmp is something that SVN creates and for some > > reason the svn on your system is trying to create it in a Unix style > > temporary directory. > > > > What happens if you export TMPDIR=C:/Windows/Temp before running > > git-svn? > > Still getting the same results. I tried: > > 1) cmd.exe with my local temp dir: > c:\temp> TEMPDIR=%TEMP% This should be TMPDIR - note the missing 'E'! You may also need to "export TMPDIR" but I don't know how cmd.exe decides what environment variables to export to subprocesses. > c:\temp> git svn clone "file:///x:/path/to/repo/trunk/utils/project1" > > 2) cmd.exe with the windows temp dir as you specify: > c:\temp> TEMPDIR=c:\windows\temp > c:\temp> git svn clone "file:///x:/path/to/repo/trunk/utils/project1" > > 3) git's bash.exe with inline variable definition: > $ TEMPDIR=c:/Windows/Temp git svn clone "file:///x:/path/to/repo/trunk/utils/project1" > > 4) git's bash.exe with exported variable: > $ export TEMPDIR=c:/Windows/Temp > $ git svn clone "file:///x:/path/to/repo/trunk/utils/project1" > > All of them died with the complaint about "/tmp/report.tmp" > > Thanks for the suggestion though. At least we've determined one > thing that *isn't* the issue ;-) ``` ## Tim Chase, 2013-08-15 14:21 Subject: Re: Proper URI for "svn clone" on a network share (Win32) Message-ID: <20130815092110.3dc5620a@bigbox.christie.dr> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20130815092110.3dc5620a%40bigbox.christie.dr In-Reply-To: <20130815113542.GN2337@serenity.lan> ``` On 2013-08-15 12:35, John Keeping wrote: >>>> Just a follow-up, I tried it within the "bash"ish shell >>>> included in the git install and got the same error regarding >>>> "/tmp/report.tmp". >>> >>> It seems that report.tmp is something that SVN creates and for >>> some reason the svn on your system is trying to create it in a >>> Unix style temporary directory. >>> >>> What happens if you export TMPDIR=C:/Windows/Temp before running >>> git-svn? >> >> Still getting the same results. > > This should be TMPDIR - note the missing 'E'! I wish I could blame it on my doofus mistype, but I tried the same 4 operations as my previous email, using "TMPDIR" this time instead of "TEMPDIR" but got the same errors regarding "/tmp/report.tmp". > You may also need to "export TMPDIR" but I don't know how cmd.exe > decides what environment variables to export to subprocesses. >From my understanding/experimentation, cmd.exe acts as if all environment variables are exported all the time (i.e., there is no such thing as a "local" non-exported environment variable). Any further ideas to try? Thanks, -tkc ``` ## Tim Chase, 2013-08-21 00:11 Subject: Re: Proper URI for "svn clone" on a network share (Win32) Message-ID: <20130820191153.377e93d1@bigbox.christie.dr> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20130820191153.377e93d1%40bigbox.christie.dr In-Reply-To: <20130814124933.77b51a04@bigbox.christie.dr> ``` On 2013-08-14 12:49, Tim Chase wrote: > c:\temp> git svn clone "file:///x:/path/to/repo/trunk/utils/project1" > > but get various failures. My best-effort (above) gets me as far as > actually starting some sort of clone but it dies with > > """ > Permission denied: Can't open '/tmp/report.tmp': Permission denied > at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/Git/SVN.pm line 1210 > """ > > PS: I don't really care much about pushing back to svn, existing > svn branches or tags, or username mapping. If needed, I can apply > patches out of git which is far less painful than switching/merging > branches in svn. So I can be a little rough-shod with cloning the > svn repo. > > PPS: in case it matters: > C:\work\utils\temp\ios>git version > git version 1.8.3.msysgit.0 Just tickling this thread. I tried John Keeping's suggestions on setting TMPDIR to some known location, but I continue getting the same error about "Can't open '/tmp/report.tmp': Permission denied..." both in cmd.exe and within the bash.exe that comes with msysgit. In additional peculiarity from my testing, if I point a true Linux shell at the same network-mounted drive, it seems to work just fine: tim@host:/tmp$ git svn clone file:///mnt/svnroot/trunk/utils/project1 tim@host:/tmp$ git --version git version 1.5.6.5 (yeah, that's a REALLY ancient version of git on an old Debian Lenny box, but if *that* works, 1.8.x shouldn't have ANY trouble with it) Any further ideas? -tkc ```