# git-svn troubles with calendarserver SVN repo 5 messages from 2013-11-29 to 2013-12-02. Participants: Matěj Cepl, Jon Seymour, Ramkumar Ramachandra. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/35439 ## Matěj Cepl, 2013-11-29 23:14 Subject: git-svn troubles with calendarserver SVN repo Message-ID: <52991FE0.6040503@redhat.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/52991FE0.6040503%40redhat.com ``` Hi, I am trying to git-svn clone https://svn.calendarserver.org/repository/calendarserver/CalendarServer/ and I cannot say I am much succesful. Every couple of hundred of commits I get this: RA layer request failed: REPORT of '/repository/calendarserver/!svn/vcc/default': could not connect to server (https://svn.calendarserver.org) at /usr/local/share/perl5/Git/SVN/Ra.pm line 290. and git-svn stops. When restarting git svn fetch, it fetches another couple of hundred commits and then fails again. Given that there are 11000+ commits just in the trunk, I am afraid of a long long night. Did anybody managed to clone this repo? Or is there some way how to make git-svn more patient (this error means the SVN server is a bit flakey, right)? Best, Matěj -- http://www.ceplovi.cz/matej/, Jabber: mcepl@ceplovi.cz GPG Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A BF43 1BAB 25C3 E09F EF25 D964 84AC A day without sunshine is like night. ``` ## Jon Seymour, 2013-11-30 08:54 Subject: Re: git-svn troubles with calendarserver SVN repo Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAH3Anro%3DvM2JLLZhdJ4nnO3qLhw4yV2JFT8EwC3jcbbGrj4H%3Dg%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <52991FE0.6040503@redhat.com> ``` I have seen this behaviour, though never determined the root cause .Probably the simplest thing you can do without access to the server is to put your git svn fetch into a bash while loop, like so: while ! git svn fetch; do :; done; jon On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 10:14 AM, Matěj Cepl wrote: > Hi, > > > > I am trying to git-svn clone > https://svn.calendarserver.org/repository/calendarserver/CalendarServer/ > and I cannot say I am much succesful. Every couple of hundred of commits > I get this: > > > RA layer request failed: REPORT of > '/repository/calendarserver/!svn/vcc/default': could not connect to > server (https://svn.calendarserver.org) at > /usr/local/share/perl5/Git/SVN/Ra.pm line 290. > > > and git-svn stops. When restarting git svn fetch, it fetches > another couple of hundred commits and then fails again. Given > that there are 11000+ commits just in the trunk, I am afraid of > a long long night. Did anybody managed to clone this repo? Or is > there some way how to make git-svn more patient (this error > means the SVN server is a bit flakey, right)? > > Best, > > Matěj > -- > http://www.ceplovi.cz/matej/, Jabber: mcepl@ceplovi.cz > GPG Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A BF43 1BAB 25C3 E09F EF25 D964 84AC > > A day without sunshine is like night. > ``` ## Matěj Cepl, 2013-12-02 06:03 Subject: Re: git-svn troubles with calendarserver SVN repo Message-ID: <529C229F.2030504@redhat.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/529C229F.2030504%40redhat.com In-Reply-To: ``` On 30/11/13 09:54, Jon Seymour wrote: > I have seen this behaviour, though never determined the root cause > .Probably the simplest thing you can do without access to the server > is to put your git svn fetch into a bash while loop, like so: > > while ! git svn fetch; do :; done; Of course, I did this, but still I wonder how much is the resulting git repository http://luther.ceplovi.cz/git/CalendarServer.git/ faithful representation of the original SVN one http://trac.calendarserver.org/. Would not be something missing? Best, Matěj -- http://www.ceplovi.cz/matej/, Jabber: mcepl@ceplovi.cz GPG Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A BF43 1BAB 25C3 E09F EF25 D964 84AC They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759. ``` ## Jon Seymour, 2013-12-02 07:00 Subject: Re: git-svn troubles with calendarserver SVN repo Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAH3Anroi65OrZZQ0MvmPxgWZXB_eG%3D1aA-cxqdR%3Dy-uAXsFaNA%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <529C229F.2030504@redhat.com> ``` My experience is that the fetch will be atomic - it either fetches an SVN commit or it doesn't. Failure during dcommit is more painful and I usually find it is necessary to manually use a git rebase to rebase the commits that didn't make it to SVN on top of the commits that did. jon. On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 5:03 PM, Matěj Cepl wrote: > On 30/11/13 09:54, Jon Seymour wrote: >> I have seen this behaviour, though never determined the root cause >> .Probably the simplest thing you can do without access to the server >> is to put your git svn fetch into a bash while loop, like so: >> >> while ! git svn fetch; do :; done; > > Of course, I did this, but still I wonder how much is the resulting git > repository http://luther.ceplovi.cz/git/CalendarServer.git/ faithful > representation of the original SVN one http://trac.calendarserver.org/. > Would not be something missing? > > Best, > > Matěj > > -- > http://www.ceplovi.cz/matej/, Jabber: mcepl@ceplovi.cz > GPG Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A BF43 1BAB 25C3 E09F EF25 D964 84AC > > They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little > temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. > -- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review > of Pennsylvania, 1759. > ``` ## Ramkumar Ramachandra, 2013-12-02 11:01 Subject: Re: git-svn troubles with calendarserver SVN repo Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CALkWK0mPHzKfzFKKpZkfAus3YVC9NFYDbFnt%2B5JQYVKipk3bQQ%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <52991FE0.6040503@redhat.com> ``` Matěj Cepl wrote: > I am trying to git-svn clone > https://svn.calendarserver.org/repository/calendarserver/CalendarServer/ > and I cannot say I am much succesful. Consider using (the somewhat experimental) git-remote-testsvn and the underlying contrib/svn-fe/. For starters, try: $ git clone testsvn::https://svn.calendarserver.org/repository/calendarserver/CalendarServer/ You might need to hack a bit to get it working properly, but you'll find that it's much faster than git-svn in the long-run. ```