# git svn import failure : write .git/Git_svn_hash_BmjclS: Bad file descriptor 3 messages from 2015-01-08 to 2015-01-14. Participants: Minty, Eric Wong. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/38309 ## Minty, 2015-01-08 12:43 Subject: git svn import failure : write .git/Git_svn_hash_BmjclS: Bad file descriptor Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CANBgh6jyvbquuAwpWuuG4mJ3uZgajchcsJnttn4tN%2BLNE6EK%2BQ%40mail.gmail.com ``` I appear to have hit a bug (or have data that the code fails on) while importing an SVN repo to git. I'm wondering if there is anything I can do to help find / fix the cause, given I appear to have a fail-case. Sadly I can't supply the SVN repo as the code is private. What I did: git svn clone https://www.example.com/dshfkjhfsjhsdkjfhsdf/nameofrepo What I'm running: MacOS Yosemite 10.10.1 (14B25) § git --version git version 2.2.1 Built via MacPorts using: sudo port install git +svn and updated today to the latest available. The process was running for a few minutes and does appear to have imported a lot. The last few lines of output, including the error (with paths/names anonymised) r869 = 9823c89bbdfa9d51aeb0a16c539049ae96nd5d62 (refs/remotes/git-svn) D path/to/stuff/Example1.java D path/to/stuff/Example2.java W: -empty_dir: path/to/stuff/Example1.java W: -empty_dir: path/to/stuff/Example2.java r870 = b1f06434b0b2f37a11be2ee5dfc6175bjs348545 (refs/remotes/git-svn) write .git/Git_svn_hash_BmjclS: Bad file descriptor at /opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.16.3/darwin-thread-multi-2level/SVN/Ra.pm line 623. Any advice / pointers would be welcome -- I'd be happy to run any tests & I'm reasonably comfortable coding in Perl so happy to poke around where I can. I've been using git for year (thanks! it rocks) and hoping I can avoid having to (re)learn too much about SVN. ``` ## Minty, 2015-01-08 17:51 Subject: Re: git svn import failure : write .git/Git_svn_hash_BmjclS: Bad file descriptor Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CANBgh6gJ3dFK7uxWQKYu83H_Hz_LNPpomnNM_mULCe7Om%3D5aDg%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 12:43 PM, Minty wrote: > git svn clone https://www.example.com/dshfkjhfsjhsdkjfhsdf/nameofrepo > > r869 = 9823c89bbdfa9d51aeb0a16c539049ae96nd5d62 (refs/remotes/git-svn) > D path/to/stuff/Example1.java > D path/to/stuff/Example2.java > W: -empty_dir: path/to/stuff/Example1.java > W: -empty_dir: path/to/stuff/Example2.java > r870 = b1f06434b0b2f37a11be2ee5dfc6175bjs348545 (refs/remotes/git-svn) > write .git/Git_svn_hash_BmjclS: Bad file descriptor > at /opt/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.16.3/darwin-thread-multi-2level/SVN/Ra.pm > line 623. fyi - tried the same repo, same command under Ubuntu 14.04, using the stock git-svn deb & it worked. happy to help try debugging the problem on MacOS if anyone wants to give me a pointer, but otherwise I'm good. Thanks. ``` ## Eric Wong, 2015-01-14 01:50 Subject: Re: git svn import failure : write .git/Git_svn_hash_BmjclS: Bad file descriptor Message-ID: <20150114015050.GA9134@dcvr.yhbt.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20150114015050.GA9134%40dcvr.yhbt.net In-Reply-To: ``` Minty wrote: > § git --version > git version 2.2.1 What about "git svn --version" ? (it'll display the SVN binding version, too) > Any advice / pointers would be welcome -- I'd be happy to run any > tests & I'm reasonably comfortable coding in Perl so happy to poke > around where I can. Great to know. Unfortunately, I no longer have access to the repo where I encountered the problem and haven't been able to reproduce it again, either. The first step is to find a (preferably) fast way to reproduce the issue consistently. If you can isolate which revisions and change patterns in your private repo cause it, it should be possible to create a public repo without confidential data in it which reproduces the problem. ```