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git svn clone throws Svndiff data contains backward-sliding source view error

Subject: git svn clone throws Svndiff data contains backward-sliding source view error

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2 messages between Apr 28, 2020 and Apr 30, 2020.

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chaya shetty· Apr 28, 2020, 13:44 UTC · lore

Hi team,

I am trying to migrate my SVN project to git, using simple git svn
clone command. The conversion stops at some revision with error:
 0 [main] perl 2287 cygwin_exception::open_stackdumpfile: Dumping
stack trace to perl.exe.stackdump

So, I tried to resume the migration using git svn fetch. It runs for few minutes and again stops with the below error: Svndiff data contains backward-sliding source view: Svndiff has backwards-sliding source views at C:/Program Files/Git/mingw64/share/perl5/Git/SVN/Ra.pm line 312.

I searched for the solution almost everywhere and tried every single thing possible to solve this problem, but no luck. I thought I would really get some help in solving this issue by mailing the issue to you.

Thanks in advance!! The response really matters .

Regards, Chaya

Eric Wong· Apr 30, 2020, 19:14 UTC · re: chaya shetty · lore

Re: git svn clone throws Svndiff data contains backward-sliding source view error

chaya shetty <chaya.s1010@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Hi team,
> 
> I am trying to migrate my SVN project to git, using simple git svn
> clone command. The conversion stops at some revision with error:
>  0 [main] perl 2287 cygwin_exception::open_stackdumpfile: Dumping
> stack trace to perl.exe.stackdump
> 
> So, I tried to resume the migration using git svn fetch. It runs for
> few minutes and again stops with the below error:
> Svndiff data contains backward-sliding source view: Svndiff has
> backwards-sliding source views at C:/Program
> Files/Git/mingw64/share/perl5/Git/SVN/Ra.pm line 312.

That looks like an error thrown from the SVN libraries which git-svn uses. Perhaps contacting SVN developers can help, since it's nothing I've seen before.

I also have no idea about the quality of libsvn, Perl, or git-svn on cygwin or any Windows builds. Would you happen to have a Linux or *BSD machine to try "git svn clone" on?

Thanks