git-svn - canonicalize: Assertion `*src != '/'' failed.

> I was trying to clone a SVN repo, but not having luck:
>
>> $ git svn clone $PWD/private-lustre-svn $PWD/private-lustre-git
>> perl: subversion/libsvn_subr/dirent_uri.c:321: canonicalize: Assertion `*src != '/'' failed.
>> error: git-svn died of signal 6
>
> What is Perl or Subversion or GIT trying to tell me, please?  Thank you!

> Bruce Korb wrote:
>> I was trying to clone a SVN repo, but not having luck:
>>
>>> $ git svn clone $PWD/private-lustre-svn $PWD/private-lustre-git
>>> perl: subversion/libsvn_subr/dirent_uri.c:321: canonicalize: Assertion `*src != '/'' failed.
>>> error: git-svn died of signal 6
>>
>> What is Perl or Subversion or GIT trying to tell me, please?  Thank you!
>
> What version of git are you using?  And what version of libsvn (and the
> libsvn perl bindings)?
>
> Thanks,

> Bruce Korb wrote:
>
>> $ git svn --version
>> git-svn version 1.8.1.4 (svn 1.7.11)
>
> Hm.  Two ideas:
>
>  * Does 1.8.2 or newer work better?  (It contains v1.8.2-rc0~110^2,
>    "git-svn: do not escape certain characters in paths", 2013-01-17,
>    which at first glance looks unlikely to help but might be worth a
>    try.)
>
>  * Does "git svn clone file://$PWD/private-lustre-svn $PWD/private-lustre-git"
>    work?
>
> Ciao,
> Jonathan

> $ git svn clone file://$PWD/private-lustre-svn $PWD/private-lustre-git
> Initialized empty Git repository in /u/bkorb/work/private-lustre-git/.git/
> Couldn't open a repository: Unable to connect to a repository at URL 'file:///u/bkorb/work/private-lustre-svn': \
> Unable to open an ra_local session to URL: Unable to open repository 'file:///u/bkorb/work/private-lustre-svn' \
> at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.16.2/Git/SVN.pm line 148.