# git svn show-externals output format 3 messages from 2017-08-19 to 2017-08-19. Participants: Alexander Groß, Andreas Heiduk. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/46626 ## Alexander Groß, 2017-08-19 08:24 Subject: git svn show-externals output format Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CACcHa%3DNYgir8HDeR1ES9mKsqTQYk%3D90Z38csTgK-vfD%3DfQmHLg%40mail.gmail.com ``` Hi all, I am playing with svn-to-git conversion and wanted to have a look at the svn:externals of a test SVN repository. $ git svn clone svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/svn-to-git/code/ svn-to-git-code The SVN repo in HEAD revision contains three externals: $ cd svn-to-git-code $ git svn show-externals # /trunk/ /trunk/https://svn.code.sf.net/p/gc-webdav/svn webdav /trunk/https://svn.code.sf.net/p/gc-webdav/svn@1 webdav-at-revision # /trunk/sub directory/ /trunk/sub directory/https://svn.code.sf.net/p/gc-webdav/svn 'webdav in subdir' An earlier version contains just one external: $ git svn show-externals --revision 8 # /trunk/ /trunk/webdav https://svn.code.sf.net/p/gc-webdav/svn/ It seems like the output is inconsistent. In SVN revision 8 the output looks like it's formatted like In the HEAD revision it looks mangled This makes consuming the output of git svn show-externals in HEAD difficult because the parts are not clearly separated by space and sometimes the path is the first element, sometimes it's a combination of first and last elements. I am able to checkout both revisions including externals using native svn. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks! Alex -- Alexander Groß http://therightstuff.de/ ``` ## Andreas Heiduk, 2017-08-19 10:14 Subject: Re: git svn show-externals output format Message-ID: <165f5000-df53-0b62-6b06-d628a09d3076@gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/165f5000-df53-0b62-6b06-d628a09d3076%40gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` Am 19.08.2017 um 10:24 schrieb Alexander Groß: > $ git svn show-externals > > # /trunk/ > /trunk/https://svn.code.sf.net/p/gc-webdav/svn webdav > /trunk/https://svn.code.sf.net/p/gc-webdav/svn@1 webdav-at-revision This is the (bugged) output of `git svn show-externals` for "new style" svn:externals. > > # /trunk/sub directory/ > /trunk/sub directory/https://svn.code.sf.net/p/gc-webdav/svn 'webdav in subdir' > > An earlier version contains just one external: > > $ git svn show-externals --revision 8 > > # /trunk/ > /trunk/webdav https://svn.code.sf.net/p/gc-webdav/svn/ And that the proper output for "old style" svn:externals. > It seems like the output is inconsistent. [...] SVN changed/extended the svn:externals format in version 1.5. (See [1] for details). One thing is - they switched the order of the arguments. `git svn` dit not pick up these changes and hence interprets the new format incorrectly. See [2] for a similar discussion - it is from 2012! > This makes consuming the output of git svn show-externals in HEAD > difficult because the parts are not clearly separated by space and > sometimes the path is the first element, sometimes it's a combination > of first and last elements. My practical solution was to skip the man in the middle and ask the SVN server directly for the property values with something like that: svn propget svn:externals -r 42 http://my-repo-url/path/to/ext/dir I used the output to hardcode the values during the conversion. [1] http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.8/svn.advanced.externals.html [2] https://public-inbox.org/git/E59CCE45-6F92-4748-9B6E-2A562647904B@nikolaus-demmel.de/ ``` ## Alexander Groß, 2017-08-19 12:59 Subject: Re: git svn show-externals output format Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CACcHa%3DM_9xaP83%3Dgha3Z4KNd12MfC%2BC1hE3hOMv-qjQBtMt0Ww%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <165f5000-df53-0b62-6b06-d628a09d3076@gmail.com> ``` > My practical solution was to skip the man in the middle and ask the SVN > server directly for the property values Thanks, that helped a lot! Alex Beste Grüße, Alex -- Alexander Groß http://therightstuff.de/ On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 12:14 PM, Andreas Heiduk wrote: > Am 19.08.2017 um 10:24 schrieb Alexander Groß: > >> $ git svn show-externals >> >> # /trunk/ >> /trunk/https://svn.code.sf.net/p/gc-webdav/svn webdav >> /trunk/https://svn.code.sf.net/p/gc-webdav/svn@1 webdav-at-revision > > This is the (bugged) output of `git svn show-externals` for "new > style" svn:externals. > >> >> # /trunk/sub directory/ >> /trunk/sub directory/https://svn.code.sf.net/p/gc-webdav/svn 'webdav in subdir' >> >> An earlier version contains just one external: >> >> $ git svn show-externals --revision 8 >> >> # /trunk/ >> /trunk/webdav https://svn.code.sf.net/p/gc-webdav/svn/ > > And that the proper output for "old style" svn:externals. > >> It seems like the output is inconsistent. [...] > > SVN changed/extended the svn:externals format in version 1.5. > (See [1] for details). One thing is - they switched the > order of the arguments. `git svn` dit not pick up these changes > and hence interprets the new format incorrectly. See [2] for > a similar discussion - it is from 2012! > >> This makes consuming the output of git svn show-externals in HEAD >> difficult because the parts are not clearly separated by space and >> sometimes the path is the first element, sometimes it's a combination >> of first and last elements. > > My practical solution was to skip the man in the middle and ask the SVN > server directly for the property values with something like that: > > svn propget svn:externals -r 42 http://my-repo-url/path/to/ext/dir > > I used the output to hardcode the values during the conversion. > > > > [1] http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.8/svn.advanced.externals.html > [2] https://public-inbox.org/git/E59CCE45-6F92-4748-9B6E-2A562647904B@nikolaus-demmel.de/ ```