# git-svn clone error

1 messages from 2016-02-10 to 2016-02-10. Participants: Mark Parker.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/41387

## Mark Parker, 2016-02-10 22:22

Subject: git-svn clone error
Message-ID: <CAN4RHdFEyWL57NkTi4-HGs4NhYBzujgLrbNWzFmTH47b8NF1pg@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAN4RHdFEyWL57NkTi4-HGs4NhYBzujgLrbNWzFmTH47b8NF1pg%40mail.gmail.com

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I'm attempting to git-svn clone a subversion repository that contains
a space in the name of a branch. This is the result (after many many
revisions):

r148627 = fafd5730f356dcb80f72c9b93f976d9707755a03
(refs/remotes/origsvn/2.0_PriorToStuff)
Found possible branch point:
http://svn/repos/Products/my.product/branches/2.0 =>
http://svn/repos/Products/my.product/branches/2.0%20my_branch_name,
145211
W: Refspec glob conflict (ref: refs/remotes/origsvn/trunk):
expected path: Products/my.product/branches/trunk
    real path: Products/my.product/trunk
Continuing ahead with Products/my.product/trunk
Found branch parent: (refs/remotes/origsvn/2.0 my_branch_name)
5117c44d2cb5ee97d53f93f9c324d6f95ee5fdb5
Following parent with do_switch
Successfully followed parent
r148644 = da01bf418f28e2383a0fbbd7a73a6df0b0b800f6
(refs/remotes/origsvn/2.0 my_branch_name)
Found possible branch point:
http://svn/repos/Products/my.product/branches/2.0%20my_branch_name =>
http://svn/repos/Products/my.product/branches/2.0_branchname, 148650
fatal: Not a valid object name refs/remotes/origsvn/2.0 my_branch_name
cat-file commit refs/remotes/origsvn/2.0 my_branch_name: command
returned error: 128

Indeed, if I do "git cat-file commit refs/remotes/origsvn/2.0
my_branch_name" I get the help for git cat-file. If I escape the name,
i.e. "git cat-file commit refs/remotes/origsvn/2.0%20my_branch_name" I
get what I assume is the correct information.

I'm using Git for Windows, version 2.7.0. If this is a
Windows-specific issue, I'm happy to report it over there.

Thanks,
Mark

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