# [PATCH] git-svn: respect lower bound of -r/--revision when following parent

1 messages from 2007-04-15 to 2007-04-15. Participants: Eric Wong.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/7659

## Eric Wong, 2007-04-15 10:01

Subject: [PATCH] git-svn: respect lower bound of -r/--revision when following parent
Message-ID: <11766312891942-git-send-email-normalperson@yhbt.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/11766312891942-git-send-email-normalperson%40yhbt.net

```
When an explicit --revision argument is specified, do not fetch
past the specified range into the beginning of history.

Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
---
 git-svn.perl |    5 ++++-
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
index ac44f60..7ebd07b 100755
--- a/git-svn.perl
+++ b/git-svn.perl
@@ -1682,7 +1682,10 @@ sub find_parent_branch {
 	}
 	my ($r0, $parent) = $gs->find_rev_before($r, 1);
 	if (!defined $r0 || !defined $parent) {
-		$gs->fetch(0, $r);
+		my ($base, $head) = parse_revision_argument(0, $r);
+		if ($base <= $r) {
+			$gs->fetch($base, $r);
+		}
 		($r0, $parent) = $gs->last_rev_commit;
 	}
 	if (defined $r0 && defined $parent) {
-- 
1.5.1.1.98.gedb4f

```